Michelle Kaldenberg ✓

Michelle Kaldenberg is a cybersecurity professional and author with a background in strategic and emergency communications, currently working in cybersecurity and compliance.

She holds multiple certifications, including ISC2’s Certified in Cybersecurity (CC), EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), CompTIA’s Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+), and ISACA’s Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Before transitioning into cybersecurity in 2021, she led C-suite internal and emergency communications for a diverse workforce of 23,000 students, faculty, and staff across the state of Texas. With more than fifteen years of experience spanning healthcare, higher education, manufacturing, and small businesses, her unique career path and global travels continue to shape her perspective on security risk management, program development, resilience, and incident response planning.