Kyle Lai

President/ KLC Consulting

Kyle completed all requirements for Cyber-AB certification as a Registered Practitioner, Provisional Assessor, and Provisional Instructor and awaits final certification from the U.S. Department of Defense. Kyle serves as CMMC vCISO advisor for KLC Consulting’s large clients.

Nationally recognized as a DoD cybersecurity expert with over 20 years of experience in cyber and I.T., Kyle assesses and architects NIST 800-171 and CMMC compliance solutions for U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies. He consulted as a security advisor to several Fortune 500 companies and the DoD. Kyle now specializes in developing cost-effective CMMC compliance solutions for: Manufacturers, Aerospace, Engineering, Software Development, and MSP/IT companies.

Kyle’s distinguished career includes consulting for high-profile clients like ExxonMobil, Zoom, DISA (DoD), Boeing, HP, Fidelity Investments, Microsoft, Akamai, and PwC. He served as the former CISO to Pactera (a Blackstone Portfolio Co.) and Brandeis University – Heller School. Kyle was also an operations manager for DISA Cybersecurity Portal (predecessor of public.cyber.mil – a department within the U.S. Department of Defense).

His broad cybersecurity expertise spans security strategy, policies, program management, vulnerability management, penetration testing, incident response, business continuity, regulatory compliance, application security, and third-party risk management.