Founder
Brandy L. Hinton
Brandy L. Hinton is an AI security and governance architect and a U.S. Army veteran who served as an Intelligence and Signal Officer. Her career spans federal intelligence, defense, healthcare, transportation, banking, energy, and enterprise technology.
She founded Hinton AI Consulting Group on a simple observation: AI initiatives tend to stall where implementation, risk, and security are treated as separate conversations. The firm exists to bring them together.
Technologies and areas of experience
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk SOAR / Phantom
- Cortex XSOAR
- Microsoft Sentinel
- IBM QRadar
- Microsoft Defender XDR
- CrowdStrike
- Okta
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Terraform
- Docker
- Python
- PowerShell
- Bash
- KQL / SPL / AQL
- REST APIs
- Security automation
- Enterprise risk & governance
Founder Experience
Experience the founder brings to every engagement
Brandy L. Hinton brings more than two decades of professional experience, including more than a decade in cybersecurity operations, security engineering, automation, cloud, SIEM, incident response, governance, compliance, and enterprise technology.
In security automation work for government environments, she led automation that removed roughly 85% of recurring Tier 1 incident-response tasks. That hands-on background shapes how the firm approaches AI: practical, measurable, and built to be operated by the teams who inherit it.
- Cybersecurity operationsSecurity monitoring, triage, and SOC workflows
- Security engineeringDesigning and implementing enterprise security controls
- AutomationSOAR playbooks, integrations, and orchestration
- CloudSecurity posture across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
- SIEMSplunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and QRadar
- Incident responseInvestigation, containment, and threat intelligence
- GovernanceRisk assessment and control design
- ComplianceNIST, audit, and regulated-environment requirements
- Enterprise technologyIdentity, integrations, and large-scale platforms
Founder experience, not company past performance. The experience described on this page was gained by the founder in prior and current professional roles with other organizations. It is not presented as contracts, projects, clients, or past performance of Hinton AI Consulting Group LLC.
Credentials & Expertise
Professional certifications held by the founder
Certifications across AI, cybersecurity, security architecture, and audit support the three disciplines the firm brings together: building AI, governing it, and securing it.
- AI certification
- Microsoft certification
AI & Emerging Technology
AI governance, generative AI, and AI transformation
- Amazon Web ServicesAWS Certified AI Practitioner
- IAPPAIGPArtificial Intelligence Governance Professional
- Google CloudGenerative AI Leader
- MicrosoftAB-731AI Transformation Leader
- MicrosoftAI-103AI credential
- MicrosoftAI-500AI credential
- GitHubGitHub CopilotGH-300
Cybersecurity & Security Operations
Security operations, identity, data protection, and SIEM/SOAR
- CompTIASecurity+
- MicrosoftSC-200Security Operations Analyst
- MicrosoftSC-300Identity and Access Administrator
- MicrosoftSC-400Information Protection Administrator
- MicrosoftSC-900Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
- SplunkSplunk Core Certified User
- SplunkSplunk Core Certified Power User
- SplunkSplunk SOARSecurity orchestration, automation, and response
Security Architecture, Risk & Audit
Enterprise and cloud architecture, governance, and assurance
- ISC2CISSP-ISSAPInformation Systems Security Architecture Professional
- ISC2CCSPCertified Cloud Security Professional
- ISC2CSSLPCertified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional
- ISACACISMCertified Information Security Manager
- ISACACISACertified Information Systems Auditor
- GIACGICSPGlobal Industrial Cyber Security Professional
Advanced Technical Security
Offensive security, intrusion analysis, and forensics
- OffSecOSCPOffensive Security Certified Professional
- EC-CouncilCEHCertified Ethical Hacker
- GIACGCIACertified Intrusion Analyst
- GIACGXPNExploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester
- GIACGNFANetwork Forensic Analyst
Education
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Management, Argosy University
MBA, Webster University
BSBA, Networking & Cyber Security, Hawaii Pacific University
Program delivery
Certified Scrum Master
Certified Project Manager
DoD 8570 IAT Level II
Framework knowledge
NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, EU AI Act, NIST 800-series, NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, and Intelligence Community security directives.
Company philosophy
How we work
Practical over theoretical
Recommendations come with owners, sequencing, and a realistic view of effort.
Honest about risk
We report what we find clearly and do not promise guaranteed outcomes.
Vendor-neutral
We do not resell software. Technology recommendations are based on fit.
Built to hand over
Deliverables are designed so your teams can operate and extend them.
Executive clarity
Technical findings are translated into decisions leadership can act on.
Confidential by default
Client information and findings are handled with discretion and care.
Start with a conversation.
Discuss where your organization is with AI and where you want it to go.