Michael A. Davis
Michael A. Davis is Managing Director and Global Chief Security Architect at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he helps shape the cyber-defense strategy protecting one of the world’s most consequential financial institutions.
Over the last two decades he has built security teams, launched companies, advised global enterprises, and worked across the fault lines where business ambition meets operational risk.
This site is where he writes about security architecture, secure-by-design execution, leadership at scale, and the practical lessons that come from building programs meant to last.
Current focus #
- Turning security architecture into an accelerant for cloud, AI, and digital transformation.
- Building systems that help defenders move earlier, faster, and with better context.
- Translating complex technical risk into decisions executives can actually act on.
Experience that informs the work #
Before JPMorgan Chase, Michael built Amazon’s dedicated security organization for a broad portfolio of subsidiaries, including Prime Air, Zoox, and Zappos. Earlier, as CTO of CounterTack, he helped advance one of the industry’s early commercial endpoint detection and response platforms. He also founded Savid Technologies, an Inc. 5000 security consultancy recognized for its rapid growth.
He is a contributing author to the Hacking Exposed series, a longtime conference speaker, and an operator who has spent his career working at the intersection of technology, risk, and growth.
“The phrase ‘I can’t’ is the most powerful force of negation in the human psyche. When done properly, security controls enable IT to say, ‘we can’.”
On this site #
You’ll find short essays and practical notes on modern cyber defense, secure platforms, organizational leverage, and the disciplines required to keep builders moving without losing sight of resilience.
Michael also speaks regularly with executive, technical, and conference audiences on cyber defense, leadership, resilient systems, and the operating lessons behind secure growth. If you’re evaluating him for a keynote, panel, or custom session, visit the speaking page.
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