Resilience taps Colonel Judson C. Dressler, Ret., to lead its Risk Operations Center

Cyber warfare veteran to advance the capabilities of the risk intelligence team to proactively mitigate cyber risk

SAN FRANCISCO, June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Resilience, the leading provider of cyber risk solutions, today announced that recently retired Colonel Judson C. Dressler will join the company to lead its Risk Operations Center (ROC). Dressler will spearhead the expansion of the ROC—an industry-first proprietary risk intelligence and threat hunting capability—to continue proactively identifying cyber risk and reducing financial losses for clients.

Dressler joins Resilience after serving 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. He was previously the Permanent Professor and Head of the Department of Computer and Cyber Sciences at the United States Air Force Academy, where he taught more than 1,200 cadets each year and conducted long-term artificial intelligence and cybersecurity research. He served as the Commander of the 835th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, where he led 134 cyber airmen to conduct threat-focused, intelligence-driven defensive cyberspace operations. Dressler holds a PhD in Computer Science from Rice University and a Master's in Computer Science from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology. 

"I've seen firsthand how intricate the current threat landscape is. Threat actors are moving faster, thanks in part to advancements in AI. Simply reacting to these threats is not enough to stop financial and reputational damage," said Dressler. "The ROC is the strongest industry solution proactively protecting companies from threats, and it's why I chose to join Resilience after leaving military service. The ROC applies military principles to security intelligence and operations to proactively protect clients, breaking down barriers between information-sharing channels and swiftly alerting them to threats. I'm excited to push the power of the ROC even further with Resilience's best-in-class risk intelligence, data, and underwriting."

The ROC's risk management philosophy rests on a two-pronged approach: maintaining a one-step-ahead mentality by alerting clients to financially damaging threats before they can be exploited, and applying risk intelligence to help the underwriting team make better informed decisions when evaluating new clients. In practice, the ROC delivers timely and highly relevant advice while breaking down organizational silos to accelerate information sharing between security and risk teams.

This unique approach pays off for Resilience clients. For instance, when Palo Alto Networks issued a warning in 2024 about threat actors exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in PAN-OS Global Protect VPN, the ROC leveraged its comprehensive client security data set to alert clients who were susceptible to the vulnerability, but weren't yet aware of the issue. Using information from the claims notification process, the ROC created a comprehensive situational view for Resilience's entire portfolio, identifying more potential victims and preventing up to $81M in potential losses.

Similarly, when PowerSchool was breached through one of its vendors, PowerSource, some Resilience clients were put at risk through no fault of their own. The ROC fed intelligence to Resilience's data teams to create models to assess the potential risk in financial terms, and shared that information with the underwriting team so it could ask more pointed questions and make more informed risk assessments.

"We designed the ROC to closely resemble an Air Operation Center, a concept used by the Air Force, to bring in a diverse set of expertise to ladder up to a common intelligence goal," said Resilience CEO, Vishaal "V8" Hariprasad. "Dressler's experience makes him the ideal leader for our team. He has the know-how to identify threats quickly and disperse information quickly to mitigate the potential damage. We're honored to have him on our team."

"Resilience's Risk Operations Center is the key to how we proactively protect clients from financial losses and reach our goal of making the world more cyber resilient," said Ann Irvine, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Resilience. "We actively hunt for threats and deliver precise advisories to clients so they can take action before threats develop into losses. Judson steps in at a critical time to help scale the ROC while adding more capabilities to help us keep clients ahead of bad actors."

The ROC was recently recognized by the industry-leading CSO Awards in the Security Intelligence category. To learn more about the ROC, see here. For more about Resilience, visit cyberresilience.com.

About Resilience

Resilience helps organizations become cyber resilient to material losses by staying ahead of bad actors. Founded by experts from across the highest tiers of the US military and intelligence communities – and built by prominent leaders and innovators from the cybersecurity, technology, and insurance industries – Resilience is the world's first cyber risk company that offers risk quantification software, cybersecurity experts, and A+ insurance in integrated solutions purpose-built for large and middle-market organizations.

Resilience is proud to be backed by leading technology investment firms, including General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Intact Ventures, Founders Fund, CRV, and Shield Capital. With headquarters in San Francisco, Resilience is globally dispersed, with teams in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Toronto, London, Milan, Madrid, Stockholm, Rotterdam and Dublin. Resilience offers insurance coverage through its licensed and appointed insurance agents and security services through its expert security team. The Resilience Solution is available through all broker partners to clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Europe.

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