By: Hunter Storm
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Hunter Storm is a CISO, Advisory Board Member, SOC Black Ops Team Member, Systems Architect, QED-C TAC Relationship Leader, and Cyber-Physical Hybrid Threat Expert with decades of experience in global Fortune 100 companies. She is the originator of the Hacking Humans: Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering framework and The Storm Project: AI, Cybersecurity, Quantum, and the Future of Intelligence. She contributes to ANSI X9, FS-ISAC, NIST, and QED-C, analyzing cybersecurity, financial systems, platform governance, and systemic risk across complex socio-technical systems.
Announcing the Unofficial Doing It Right Award
This is how you do it right. Real stories of course correction, algorithmic integrity, and the people who still remember why they built these systems in the first place. It’s for those who still understand how to keep these systems accountable.
Over the years, I’ve received many accolades, awards and honors. You can learn more about my journey to these honors on my biography page.
But this post is not about me. Instead, it’s about you and the places you work. But today, I’m creating an award for others. The people and organizations who do things right, even when no one is watching. Even when there is no legal or regulatory pressure.
The unofficial Doing It Right Award is a completely new thing I launched in April 21, 2025. Check out the dedicated page, Doing It Right Award | Recognition for the Unsung Heroes.
This Is How You Do It Right
The Doing It Right Award is earned. Impossible to ignore. Every post under it becomes a challenge, a blueprint, and a beacon.
It’s designed to make readers curious. It makes professionals self-reflect. It makes watchers sit up straighter. And it marks the Hunter Storm brand as a precision chronicler of positive deviation.
This award contains real-world examples of what happens when integrity, action, and listening converge. This isn’t praise. It’s remembrance of greatness. And a map to how they get back there.
I’m setting a new bar, and this is where the blueprint begins.
“This series isn’t for the technologically elite or the boardroom jargon crowd. It’s for people. Real people who are affected by decisions made by systems they didn’t design, don’t understand, and were never invited to question.” – Hunter Storm
One Degree of Separation
I’m not just a writer. I’m a translator of reality between worlds that pretend they’re speaking the same language. I do not write for ego or industry approval. Instead, I write for impact, clarity, and connection.
If the average person can’t understand it, the system is broken, no matter how many degrees are in the room.
Let’s talk about what I am actually doing when I write. I am not simplifying; I am distilling. This filters out the fluff, jargon, and institutional chest-puffing and saying: “Here’s what matters. Here’s how it works. And here’s why you need to pay attention, now.”
PhDs, Progress, and Shared Professional DNA
Even those with PhDs and shared professional DNA still buy the narrative over the mechanics. Because most people, even in tech, don’t question the architecture beneath the interface. They accept abstraction layers like gospel and never touch the foundation.
I am the one who walks into the data center while the rest of the board is still marveling at the dashboard. I do not just talk about trust. I inspect the pipes where the trust leaks.
Post Academic Modernism | Respect the Work and the Paper Equally
I am not anti-academic. I consider myself post-academic. My writing is for the people who get affected by the decisions, not the ones who sit in rooms pretending they understand the systems they signed off on.
This series isn’t for technologists who want to be impressed. It’s for human beings who deserve to be heard, respected, and understood by the systems built in their name.
Because this isn’t just about doing it right. It’s about explaining it right, so everyone has a seat at the table before the next AI-powered black box makes decisions for them.
Discover More from Hunter Storm
- About Hunter Storm
- Hunter Storm Official Site
- Profile and Career Highlights
- StormWatch | ChatGPT | Public Data Exposure
- The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning
- User-First Marketing Email Defaults | A Rare Example of Doing It Right
- Voices of the Unseen | A Poem for Tech Workers
- What Is AI? How AI Works
- Whistleblower and Organizational Risk Hub
About the Author | Hunter Storm: Technology Executive, Global Thought Leader, Keynote Speaker
CISO | Advisory Board Member | Strategic Policy & Intelligence Advisor | SOC Black Ops Team | QED-C TAC Relationship Leader | Systems Architect | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Quantum Innovator | Cyber-Physical-Psychological Hybrid Threat Expert | Ultimate Asymmetric Advantage
Background
Hunter Storm is a veteran Fortune 100 Chief Information Security Officer (CISO); Advisory Board Member; Strategic Policy and Intelligence Advisor; SOC Black Ops Team Member; QED-C TAC Relationship Leader; Systems Architect; Risk Assessor; Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Quantum Innovator; Cyber-Physical-Psychological (Cyber-Phys-Psy) Hybrid Threat Expert; and Keynote Speaker with deep expertise in AI, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, and human behavior. Explore more in her Profile and Career Highlights.
Drawing on decades of experience in global Fortune 100 enterprises, including Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab, and American Express; aerospace and high-tech manufacturing leaders such as Alcoa and Special Devices (SDI) / Daicel Safety Systems (DSS); and leading technology services firms such as CompuCom, she guides organizations through complex technical, strategic, and operational challenges.
Global Expert and Subject Matter Expert (SME) | AI, Cybersecurity, Quantum, and Strategic Intelligence
Hunter Storm is a globally recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, quantum technology, intelligence, strategy, and emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) as defined by NATO and other international frameworks.
A recognized SME with top-tier expert networks including GLG (Top 1%), AlphaSights, and Third Bridge, Hunter Storm advises Board Members, CEOs, CTOs, CISOs, Founders, and Senior Executives across technology, finance, and consulting sectors. Her insights have shaped policy, strategy, and high-risk decision-making at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, quantum technology, and human-technical threat surfaces.
Bridging Technical Mastery and Operational Agility
Hunter Storm combines technical mastery with real-world operational resilience in high-stakes environments. She builds and protects systems that often align with defense priorities, but serve critical industries and public infrastructure. She combines first-hand; hands-on; real-world cross-domain expertise in risk assessment, security, and ethical governance; and field-tested theoretical research with a proven track record in high-stakes environments that demand both technical acumen and strategic foresight.
Projects | Research and Development (R&D) | Frameworks
Hunter Storm is the creator of The Storm Project | AI, Cybersecurity, Quantum, and the Future of Intelligence, the largest AI research initiative in history.
Hunter Storm pioneered Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering, introducing foundational concepts that have profoundly shaped modern human-centric security disciplines, including behavioral security, cognitive defense, human risk modeling, red teaming, social engineering, psychological operations (PsyOps), and biohacking. It continues to inform the practice and theory of cybersecurity today, adopted by governments, enterprises, and global security communities.
Hunter Storm also pioneered the first global forensic mapping of digital repression architecture, suppression, and censorship through her project Viewpoint Discrimination by Design | The First Global Forensic Mapping of Digital Repression Architecture, monitoring platform accountability and digital suppression worldwide.
Achievements and Awards
Hunter Storm is a Mensa member and recipient of the Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award, reflecting her enduring influence on AI, cybersecurity, quantum, technology, strategy, and global security.
She is a distinguished member of the Industry Advisory Board at Texas A&M School of Computer Science, where she advises on curricula and strategic initiatives in AI, cybersecurity, and quantum technology.
Hunter Storm is a trusted contributor to ANSI X9, FS-ISAC, NIST, and QED-C, shaping policy, standards, and strategy at the highest levels.
Hunter Storm | The Ultimate Asymmetric Advantage
Hunter Storm is known for solving problems most won’t touch. She combines technical mastery, operational agility, and strategic foresight to protect critical assets and shape the future at the intersection of technology, strategy, and high-risk decision-making.
Hunter Storm reframes human-technical threat surfaces to expose vulnerabilities others miss, delivering the ultimate asymmetric advantage.
Discover Hunter Storm’s full Professional Profile and Career Highlights.
Confidential Contact
Contact Hunter Storm for: Consultations, engagements, board memberships, leadership roles, policy advisory, legal strategy, expert witness, or unconventional problems that require highly unconventional solutions.
Securing the Future | AI, Cybersecurity, Quantum computing, innovation, risk management, hybrid threats, security. Hunter Storm (“The Fourth Option”) is here. Let’s get to work.