--- title: The Holy City’s Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch | daily.dev description: A profile of six cybersecurity leaders in Charleston, South Carolina, tracing how their careers converge through local institutions and military backgrounds.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-holy-city-s-cybersecurity-leaders-to-watch-m3twwt2zo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Holy City’s Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch | daily.dev og:description: A profile of six cybersecurity leaders in Charleston, South Carolina, tracing how their careers converge through local institutions and military backgrounds.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-holy-city-s-cybersecurity-leaders-to-watch-m3twwt2zo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/M3TwwT2ZO.png og:image:alt: The Holy City’s Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Holy City’s Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A profile of six cybersecurity leaders in Charleston, South Carolina, tracing how their careers converge through local institutions and military backgrounds. Christopher Kroner (Crossover Health) rose through Navy and SPAWAR incident response roles before becoming CISO in 2024. Joe Gibson moved from Trident Technical College's CISO role to lead security at the College of Charleston in 2026. Jody Barnes combined IT and security leadership at Ingevity after decades in energy and healthcare IT. Laryssa Jardine pivoted from advertising to become COO and CISO at RateQuote after helping scale Datalot. Nicholas Maggio brought Army red team and signal officer experience to Charleston County Government. George Werbacher, who teaches cloud security at Carnegie Mellon, became interim CISO at Live Oak Bank after roles at Capital One, Truist, and Blackbaud. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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