Kevin Forker, MS

CEO

Columbia, Maryland, United States26 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led global cybersecurity programs across multiple continents.
Expert in managing nation-state cyber risks.
Passionate about mentoring future cybersecurity leaders.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Executive specializing in Fintech and incident response management.

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Core Skills

Cybersecurity StrategyRisk ManagementIncident Response Leadership

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AdaptabilityApplication SecurityAutomationBlog PostsBusiness AcumenC (Programming Language)Cloud SecurityCommunication SkillsComplianceCompliance & Regulatory RequirementsComputer Network ExploitationComputer Network OperationsComputer SecurityCounterintelligenceCreativity

About

I am a cybersecurity executive with deep experience leading global incident response and threat management programs across the financial sector. Now serving as Senior Director, Nation State Cyber Risk Management at BNY, I focus on identifying, assessing, and mitigating cyber risks posed by advanced persistent threats (APTs) and nation-state adversaries. My role centers on integrating these risks into BNY’s broader enterprise risk management framework, ensuring we can anticipate and defeat sophisticated actors before they impact our clients and the global financial system. Previously, I led Morgan Stanley’s global Cyber Incident Response and Threat program spanning four continents — overseeing detection, containment, and crisis management operations in a follow-the-sun model. My approach combines intelligence-driven risk analysis, offensive-mindset defense, and collaborative leadership — bridging technical depth with executive communication to influence risk decisions at the highest levels. I’m passionate about building resilient organizations, mentoring the next generation of defenders, and advancing the financial industry’s collective defense against state-sponsored cyber threats.

Experience

Bny

Senior Director, Nation State Cyber Risk Management

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Washington DC

Lead enterprise-level program assessing and mitigating cyber risks posed by nation-state adversaries. Responsible for integrating advanced threat scenarios into BNY’s Technology Risk Management and ERM frameworks, providing executive-level risk determinations, and driving strategic remediation.
Define and assess nation-state threat models for each major business line
Determine detection and prevention readiness across global infrastructure
Advise executive management on risk posture and mitigation options
Partner with technology, legal, and compliance leadership on response strategy
Guide remediation governance and oversight across multiple domains
Key focus: Translating national-security-grade threat techniques into actionable enterprise cyber risk management.

Cybersecurity StrategyRisk ManagementIncident Response LeadershipThreat Monitoring

Morgan stanley

3 roles

Executive Director - Global CIRT Lead (L1, L2, L3)

May 2022 – Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Established CIRT training program; instituted formal tiers within the team using the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) NICE framework and built customer and commercial training to develop team members, resulting in the promotion of 15 analysts in 2023
Spearhead ongoing automation of investigation and response efforts; to date, efforts have reduced resolution time by 16% despite a 12% increase in volume
Collaborate with security engineering team, resulting in improved controls and savings for cyber defenders
Oversee development and deployment of security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform and playbooks for the global leader in financial services. Co-lead Baltimore Family Network; hand-selected by site senior leadership to lead employee networking group and events to develop the site’s professional culture. Own regulatory reporting (SOX, SEC/ FINRA).

Incident Response LeadershipCybersecurity StrategyProgram ManagementAutomation

Vice President - Global CIRT Lead (L2, L3)

Promoted

Jan 2018 – May 2022 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Promoted to Executive Director role (2022)
Led merger of E*TRADE and Eaton Vance incident response teams to fully monitor new networks
Created feedback loop to prioritize security engineering teams’ work and ensure weaknesses were identified and closed quickly; awarded 2020 Partner of the Year from Morgan Stanley Enterprise Security Platforms
Developed and implemented CIRT Leads program to nurture team’s technical leadership and to support succession plans; to date, CIRT Leads has helped 4 Morgan Stanley analysts attain the role of Vice President
Drove effort to eliminate racially exclusionary language from materials across the enterprise; added inclusive language to all CIRT documents and materials and directed partner teams to update materials accordingly
Oversee development and deployment of security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform and playbooks for the global leader in financial services

Incident Response LeadershipCybersecurity StrategyTeam Development

Vice President - North America CIRT Lead (L2, L3)

Apr 2017 – Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Led team from only monitoring commercial alerts to developing custom detections capable of identifying advanced adversarial tactics; new strategy resulted in successful regulatory audit
Drove deployment of Endpoint, Detection, and Response (EDR) tools for CIRT, thereby improving visibility and allowing CIRT to detect and respond to techniques used by advanced persistent threat actors (APTs)
Led effort to integrate The Hive opensource project, a new case management system with basic automation, thereby reducing response times from hours to minutes
Spearheaded technology integrations to enhance threat identification capabilities, increase operational efficiencies, and reduce threat elimination timelines. Identified, annotated, and published findings on novel cyber threats.

Incident Response LeadershipCybersecurity StrategyThreat Detection