About Us

Taken7 offerings provide cyber gap analysis and useful risk management identification opportunities. We provide comprehensive reporting, plan of action and milestones and cost analysis to improve the overall cyber sustainability of your organization. By carefully listening to our clients, we establish expectation management early in each of our engagements with key pulse checks along the way. 

Mission Statement 

Our mission is to prevent information technology related crisis by providing proven risk management expertise.

Executive Profiles

Brian E. Taylor, President/Chief Executive Officer

Brian’s keen focus on strategy and leadership provides expert lifecycle approaches in engineering spanning engineering elements in weapons systems security, systems, and technical program management support for clients across the Department of Defense. 

Mr. Taylor is a strategic leader with over 35 years of proven success. Most recently, he grew a corporate Business Unit from $3M to over $35M in annual revenue. He has successfully led over 120 team members and subcontractors with far reaching, long lasting process improvements.  

Brian holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland, and a Masters of Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. Brian is a Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 8570.01 Information Assurance (IAM) Level 3 Certified Information Systems Security Professional. (CISSP)

Kristen M. Taylor, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer 

Kristen is a focused leader, recognized for delivering superior results. She is well qualified with over 25 years of experience managing high level cybersecurity, risk management, enterprise architecture, and security regulations, standards and policies. As an articulate communicator, she has built lasting relationships with senior leaders, partners and vendors. She is a visionary with a track record for finding innovative ways to grow revenue and increase margins. Her history for managing turnaround projects is a 100% success rate. Her expertise is in cybersecurity policy and governance. 

Well versed in presentations and accustomed to addressing clients, vendors and partners, Kristen has had oversight and inputs to multi-million dollar budgets and championed the development and implementation of strategic plans and innovative marketing ideas. Kristen holds a Bachelor's of Arts in Government in Politics from George Mason University and a Master's of Science in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. Kristen is a DoDD 8570.01 IAM Level 3 CISSP.