Founder / Practitioner
Brennan Lodge
Cybersecurity Executive | Founder | AI Security Researcher | Professor | Speaker
Brennan Lodge is a cybersecurity, AI and data science leader with nearly two decades of experience across financial services, technology, security operations and regulated environments. He is the founder and CEO of BLodgic and the founder of Audit CADDIE.
He teaches AI-driven cybersecurity at NYU and develops applied research, tools and training focused on AI security, RAG, MCP, GRC automation, threat modeling and operational cybersecurity.
Expertise
Areas of expertise.
AI SecurityAI GovernanceRAGMCPCybersecurity StrategySecurity OperationsGRCNISTSOC 2Threat ModelingData ScienceSecurity Analytics
Career
Current roles and selected experience.
- CurrentFounder & CEO, BLodgicCybersecurity advisory, vCISO leadership, GRC engineering and AI security.
- CurrentFounder, Audit CADDIEAI-powered GRC and compliance platform built by BLodgic.
- CurrentFaculty, New York UniversityTeaches AI-driven cybersecurity.
- CurrentInstructor, LinkedIn LearningCourses including Cybersecurity Use Cases and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- PreviouslyHead of Data Science, Security Incident Response, Goldman SachsData science for security incident response.
- PreviouslyGlobal Head of Analytic Engines for Cybersecurity, HSBCBuilt analytics and retrieval engines supporting global cybersecurity and compliance.
- PreviouslyBloombergSecurity and data science roles.
- EarlierJPMorgan Chase and the Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkSecurity and analytics roles in financial services and government.
Speaking
Selected appearances.
MCTTP 2026
Munich · Corporate Defense Track
BSides Groningen 2026
Netherlands · Speaker
ISC2 Security Congress
Las Vegas · Speaker
Black Hat
Las Vegas · ISMG interview
The AI Summit New York
New York · Speaker
LinkedIn Learning
Course · Cybersecurity Use Cases and the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
BSides Las Vegas
Las Vegas · Speaker
KernelCon
Omaha · Speaker
NDC Security
Speaker
DevSecCon
Speaker
ISMG Summit
Speaker
NYU
Faculty · AI-driven cybersecurity
Research & teaching
Publications, research and teaching.
- 2019 Wharton AI Risk and Governance white paper (contributor)
- NYU faculty, AI-driven cybersecurity
- LinkedIn Learning, Cybersecurity Use Cases and the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- RAG for cybersecurity workshops
- Arsenal Forge, MITRE and CISA context for defenders
- Audit CADDIE, AI-powered GRC platform
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