Barry Hensley

Barry Hensley (COL, USA Ret) currently serves as Brown & Brown’s Chief Security Officer with responsibilities spanning across all security and risk domains of the company.

Before joining Brown & Brown, Barry spent nearly thirteen years as the Senior Security Executive/SVP of a leading Managed Security Service Provider working to protect over 4K organizations worldwide.

As a 24-year U.S. Army veteran, COL Hensley was the former Director of the Army’s Global Network Operations and Security Center now folded into U.S. Army Cyber Command.  During his military service, he commanded at all levels within the communications and information security career field. His army deployments included Desert Shield/Desert Storm (Saudi Arabia), Restore Hope (Somalia), Operations Southern Watch (Kuwait) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Iraq).

His formal education includes an M.S. in Strategic Studies from the National War College, an M.S. in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Colorado and a B.B.A in Information Systems from Georgia Southern University.