Blake Benson

Senior Director, Cybersecurity Practice Lead

Blake Benson leads the industrial cybersecurity practice at ABS Consulting, where he works closely with industry stakeholders, government leaders and senior executives across critical infrastructure sectors. His responsibilities include providing a strategic understanding of operational technology (OT) cybersecurity risks to the nation’s essential assets and operations. Blake has expertise in solving complex risk-based problems and specializes in developing tailored, environment-specific approaches to help both government and commercial clients develop and implement the security solutions and controls necessary to manage cyber risk.

Blake joined ABS Consulting in 2019 and is a Knoxville, Tennessee native and United States Air Force (USAF) veteran. While in the USAF, Blake was a founding member of one of the first operational cyber units. When he’s not making the world a safer place, you can most likely find him on a river or a trail around East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with his wife and labrador retriever.