Cybersecurity Veteran With Nearly Three Decades of Experience to Lead Digital Risk Protection Company’s Go-to-Market Strategy, Further Fortifying its Unique Analyst-driven Approach
ARLINGTON, Va., April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — GroupSense, a digital risk protection services company, today announced it has appointed cybersecurity veteran Taylor Banks as its vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. In this role, Banks will be responsible for driving revenue growth through developing high-performance sales and customer success teams, expanding the company’s market presence through various thought leadership activities as well as further supporting the company’s unique analyst-driven approach to threat intelligence and digital risk protection.
“Taylor is a welcome addition to our leadership team as his extensive background in both cybersecurity and public service brings a differentiated blend of expertise,” said Kurtis Minder, CEO of GroupSense. “I’m confident that his approach to align marketing, sales and product development will help GroupSense capture even more market share while also propelling the company into its next phase of growth.”
Banks is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with nearly three decades of experience as a practitioner, instructor, mentor and executive. A well-known figure in the industry, Taylor has trained more than 10,000 cybersecurity professionals globally and presented at world-renowned conferences like DEF CON and ShmooCon. He has also advised organizations ranging from startups to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA) and the United Nations. As the founder of DC404, one of the longest-running local cybersecurity communities, and a dedicated volunteer firefighter, EMT, and search and rescue team member, Taylor combines his deep technical expertise with a commitment to public service.
“GroupSense’s pragmatic, analyst-driven approach to threat intelligence delivers true value by focusing on what truly matters to each of our clients,” said Banks. “My passion has always been about enabling others to succeed, whether it’s helping cybersecurity professionals find their footing in the industry, empowering teams to cut through the noise or contributing to my local community as a volunteer. I’m eager to build on that passion by expanding our reach and helping more organizations benefit from our intelligence solutions that are more than just data – they are tools that help our clients make real, impactful decisions.”
The appointment of Banks follows GroupSense’s recent announcement of the availability of its new Ransomware Executive Tabletop Exercise (TTX) Service. Drawing from first-hand experience in successfully negotiating hundreds of high-profile ransomware cases, the customized service is designed to improve an organization’s security posture, enhance incident response and ensure the responding team can act quickly and effectively during a ransomware attack.
About GroupSense
GroupSense is a digital risk protection services company that delivers customer-specific intelligence that dramatically improves enterprise cybersecurity and fraud-management operations. Unlike generic cyber-intelligence vendors, GroupSense uses a combination of automated and human reconnaissance to create finished intelligence that maps to each customer’s specific digital business footprint and risk profile. This enables customers to immediately use GroupSense’s intelligence to reduce enterprise risk, without requiring any additional processing or management by overstretched security and fraud-prevention teams. GroupSense is based in Arlington, Va., with a growing customer base that includes large enterprises, state and municipal governments, law enforcement agencies, MSPs, MSSPs and more.
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