Wade Baker, Ph.D.

Dr. Wade Baker is a Co-Founder of the Cyentia Institute, where he enjoys collaborating with leading cybersecurity companies on numerous research projects and communicating findings to the community. He’s also a professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Business, working to prepare the next generation of industry leaders. Prior to this, Wade held positions as the VP of Strategy at ThreatConnect and was the CTO of Security Solutions at Verizon, where he had the great privilege of leading Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) research team for 8 years.