Charles Henderson

CEO

Austin, Texas, United States27 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led global teams in threat intelligence and incident response.
Advocate for vulnerability research in the security community.
Featured speaker at major security conferences worldwide.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Executive with extensive experience in threat intelligence and incident response.

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Penetration TestingApplication SecurityVulnerability AssessmentVulnerability ManagementInformation Security ManagementInformation SecurityWeb Application SecurityNetwork SecuritySecuritySecurity Architecture DesignComputer SecurityComputer ForensicsIncident ResponseSecurity ResearchData Security

About

Charles Henderson is the Head of DivisionHex. He is a seasoned executive who specializes in leading teams that test, monitor, respond to, and secure organizations around the world. Throughout his career, Charles and the teams he has managed have specialized in threat intelligence, incident response, penetration testing, adversary simulation, vulnerability management, and vulnerability research. Formerly leading IBM X-Force and Trustwave SpiderLabs, his teams' clients range from governments, to the largest on the Fortune lists, to small and midsized companies interested in improving their security posture or in need of assistance handling a security incident. Charles is also an enthusiastic member of the information security community and an advocate of vulnerability research. He serves on the BlackHat review board, has been a featured speaker at various conferences around the world on various subjects relating to security testing and incident response - including Black Hat, DEFCON, RSA, and SXSW. He has also appeared on or in CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, CNN, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, The Register, SC Magazine, Engadget, eWeek, Reuters, Car & Driver, and various other media outlets.

Experience

Voltron data

Advisory Board Member

Aug 2024 – Nov 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

Coalfire

Executive Vice President & Head of DivisionHex

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Austin, Texas, United States

Lead DivisionHex

Black hat

Review Board Member

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Ibm

2 roles

Global Managing Partner and Head of X-Force

May 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Led X-Force globally

Global Managing Partner and Head of X-Force Red

Oct 2015 – May 2021 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Founded and led X-Force Red globally.

Lytical ventures

Advisor

Oct 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

Trustwave

3 roles

Vice President, Managed Security Testing

Aug 2014 – Oct 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

Managed the SpiderLabs Managed Security Testing (MST) and penetration testing business.

Director, SpiderLabs

Mar 2013 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

Managed the SpiderLabs Security Testing Services (penetration testing) including strategy, financial modeling, business development, and delivery management.

Director of Application Security Services

May 2006 – Mar 2013 · 6 yrs 10 mos

Built and managed the application security team which is responsible for application penetration testing, code review, secure code training, virtual patching, and other application security services.

Aisecurity, inc.

Principal Partner

Jan 2002 – Apr 2006 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Founded and managed a consulting team responsible for information security consulting services, including application penetration testing, network penetration testing, policy development, and security assessment work.

Seculab, inc.

Head of Consulting

Jul 2000 – Nov 2001 · 1 yr 4 mos

Founded and managed a consulting team responsible for information security consulting services, including application penetration testing, network penetration testing, policy development, and security assessment work.

Tüvit, inc., austin, tx

Senior Security Consultant

Sep 1998 – Jul 2000 · 1 yr 10 mos

Conducted information security consulting for clients, including application penetration testing, network penetration testing, policy development, and general security assessment services.