Meet our founder

Linda Rust has a track record of many successful information security projects that cap a career of mission-critical projects which require both technical skill and business savvy.

Clients praise her deep insight, flexible strategy, tact and skill in working from front line employees to the C-suite, while smoothing the way for new habits that mean real change for an organization and its culture.

As the founder of SecuriThink Corporation, Linda’s broad skill bridges all of the areas spanning results from level 1 through level 5.
Over 25 years of industry experience started with a degree in computer engineering¹and more recently were proven relevant by achieving Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP)² status.
Among the first certified Project Management Professionals² (PMP), she specialized in projects in crisis and mission-critical programs.
Seeing that technology projects often forced business to change, Linda studied best practices in large scale business transformation³.
Easy business alignment comes from many years of product development, product life-cycle maintenance, training, marketing, sales and Fortune 500 P&L responsibility.
Industries: Automotive and discrete manufacturing, Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software, systems integration, Consumer Electronics, Insurance and Banking.

B.S. Computer Engineering with distinction, Iowa State University, Ames, IA;
B.S. Plant Pathology with honors, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP) #693025. ISC(2);
Project Management Professional (PMP) # 71734. Project Management Institute
Navigator status for Change Leaders Roadmap (CLR). Being First Inc.;
Coaching for Personal and Professional Mastery (CPPM). Newfield Network
Certified for Prosci ADKAR. Prosci Inc.;