Senior Web3 Technical Writer
Experience Highlights
David M. Monahan is a veteran cybersecurity executive with over 25 years of experience leading security operations, compliance, and risk governance across enterprises, public sector organizations, and blockchain startups. Most recently, he served as Business Information Security Officer at AbbVie, overseeing the $5.5B Aesthetics division and leading security governance for platforms like Allē. His prior roles include SVP BISO at Bank of America, CISO at Jefferson County, and Managing Director at Enterprise Management Associates, where he directed global security programs and orchestrated incident response for threats such as Log4j and MoveIT. David has implemented compliance frameworks for PCI, HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR, and ISO standards, and at Polycipher—a Comcast-backed startup—he secured hardware key infrastructure supporting embedded encryption for IoT and edge systems.
David’s career bridges centralized and decentralized ecosystems, enabling security-by-design strategies for cloud-native environments, blockchain networks, and digital identity frameworks. His strategic contributions support Autheo’s validator operations, decentralized identity systems, and secure onboarding workflows.
Core Expertise
David specializes in enterprise-grade cybersecurity, decentralized key management, and cloud-native risk modeling. His expertise includes zero-trust architecture, Web3 threat mitigation, incident response strategy, and secure application workflows. He has extensive experience guiding regulatory compliance, data privacy implementation, and developer security enablement across blockchain and enterprise systems.
Education
David holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from Capitol Technology University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from North Carolina State University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ITIL Foundations certified, and a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy.
