Nathan Sweaney
Principal Consultant at Secure Ideas

Nathan Sweaney is a Senior Security Consultant with Secure Ideas, and has worked in the Information Security field for the last 12 years. As a consultant he performs penetration tests, training, and general security consulting. Nathan has a considerable amount of experience with point-of-sale environments and managing compliance regulations such as PCI. He has excelled at finding practical and operationally feasible approaches for businesses to mitigate threats and minimize compliance obligations.

Nathan has performed a wide range of trainings, briefings, and presentations both publicly and for clients on a wide range of security topics. He has spoken publicly at security conferences including DEFCON, BSidesLV, the FBI’s Information Warfare Summit, ASIS International, and others. Nathan also serves as the Security Advisor for the Retail Solutions Providers Association, providing consulting and insight to thousands of member companies in the point-of-sale industry.

Nathan is active in the security industry as a founder and organizer of the BSidesOK security conference, the host of the monthly Professionally Evil Lunch & Learn webinar series, a board member of ISSA Oklahoma, and a founding member of OWASP Tulsa.