Ismael Valenzuela

At-a-Glance

Vice President of Labs, Threat Research and Intelligence at Arctic Wolf
Creator of the Think Red, Act Blue philosophy for detection engineering and zero-trust architecture
Founder of The Monday Brief, a weekly briefing on cybersecurity, AI, and geopolitical signals
Co-chair of an advisory panel under the international Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI)
Author of SEC530: Defensible Security Architecture and Engineering at the SANS Institute
Holds a CS degree from the University of Malaga (Spain)

Biography

Ismael Valenzuela serves as the Vice President of Labs, Threat Research and Intelligence at Arctic Wolf, where he leads advanced research focused on tracking adversaries, uncovering emerging threats, and helping organizations build proactive, defensible security strategies using AI-driven defense.