Merritt Baer
Merritt Baer

AI & Security Executive.
Company Advisor. Board Member.

LOVE / Emerging tech, AI security, high tech companies, national security, the future of the internet.

 

ALSO / Sunrise walks with my rescue pug mix, toddler beach days and buffalo wings

WHAT I DO

Chief Security/AI Officer I am a classic Chief Security/AI Officer.  Government background; law degree; infrastructure and cloud security; published in crypto(graphy), national security, SEC regulations, and CSAM; venture-backed security companies. I advise executives on tech, security, and company behaviors, from Fortune 100 banks to biotech start-ups. Currently working with a small handful of companies including G2i (AI orchestration layer for frontier labs) Pro bono work serving on the Miami-Dade CollegeBILT (business industry leadership team)and on the Advisory Board of Black Girls Hack. FORMER Deputy CISO at AWS  Chief Security Officer at venture-backed companies Enkrypt AI (through summer 2026; acquired by Anaconda) and Reco Security in all 3 branches of US Govt: Federal Communications Commission, Department of Homeland Security, United States Senate, Department of Defense Quoted in: VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Baltimore Sun, LawFare, and more PREVIOUS ACADEMIC ROLES HELD Penn State Law School, Pittsburgh, PA. Adjunct Professor and Fellow, Center for Computational and Data Sciences /  University of Maryland, Washington, DC. Adjunct Professor of Cybersecurity  / University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Adjunct Professor of Cybersecurity ACADEMIC ARTICLES ON Security, AI, Robotics, SEC regulations, Child Exploitation, National Security and Terrorist Speech
C.V. AT A GLANCE

EDUCATION / Harvard College, Harvard Law School. WORK / Advisor (G2i); former CSO at Enkrypt AI; former Deputy CISO at AWS. EXPERTISE / Emerging tech, AI, Security, Enterprise CISOs, Venture Backed Investments. MEDIA / Quoted in WSJ, Forbes, VentureBeat and many others.

SERVICES

HOW CAN I HELP?

ADVISOR / BOARD MEMBER

CISO peer / Product validation / Product placement / Security behaviors / Threat landscape

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

AI security / Security behaviors / How CISOs make decisions / How security changes in a world where AI exists

Investor conversations

Security and AI market / Traits of highly effective security shops/ Reporting to the Board about AI and security

WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON MY RADAR?

AI

AI

We talk a lot about AI but don’t talk enough about how security and company behaviors will change in a world where AI exists.

Vendors

VENDORS

Which vendors to choose: We talk a lot about features but we don’t talk enough about operationalizing the tech.

Innovation

Innovation

What does shallow innovation look like? How will supply chain and geopolitics influence company behaviors?

Merritt Baer

MERRITT BAER

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