Malcolm "MK" Palmore

M. K. Palmore is a cybersecurity and risk-management executive whose career spans military service, federal law enforcement, and enterprise technology leadership. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a former commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, he served as an FBI Special Agent and Senior Executive (retired), leading cyber, counterintelligence, and complex threat investigations. He went on to serve as Vice President and Field Chief Information Security Officer at Palo Alto Networks and as a cybersecurity executive at Google Cloud, advising Fortune 500 and public-sector organizations on risk strategy and executive governance. He is the founder of Apogee Global RMS and the author of the Nexus of Risk framework, an integrated approach to enterprise risk management.