Jeffrey Wheat

For over 40 years, Jeffrey Wheat has dedicated his professional life to technology and addressing the vulnerabilities it can expose. His passion for cybersecurity has taken him from the Department of Defense to private enterprises, where he has guided the efforts of multinational organizations in strengthening their information security. Along the way, Jeffrey has built lasting relationships with the security professionals he has worked with and mentored, taking pride in designing cybersecurity architectures that seamlessly integrate people, technology, and procedures—in that order. As the Chief Technology Officer at Lumu Technologies, Jeffrey is at the forefront of developing next-generation cybersecurity tools designed for modern SOC teams to detect and respond to threats in real time. In a time when the democratization of cybercrime is a growing threat, Lumu is committed to democratizing the solution.