Hello, I’m Joshua Kovach

My name is Joshua Kovach, I am a proud USAF Veteran and an Information Security professional with 12+ years of experience across multiple industries. I am currently specializing in Identity and Access Management and Privileged Access Management (IAM/PAM) but have a great deal of experience across most domains of Information Security.

Accomplishments that are notable.

• Designed and deployed comprehensive network security architecture for a global manufacturing enterprise, transforming an environment with little prior security practices into a robust, defense-in-depth-based framework following ISA/IEC 62443 standards. Successfully implemented firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, network segmentation reducing the overall risk by 75% and ensuring compliance and contributing to meeting industry standards. 

• Conceptualized and implemented an in-depth PAM program from the group up across a global enterprise, security critical systems and sensitive data. Achieved adoption of least privilege principals across the enterprise, centralized access control, and automated the management of privilege accounts. Overall reduction in risk of 80% for identity-based threats and enhancing compliance with regulatory standards such as PCI, SOX, and GDPR. Implemented across multi-cloud and on premises data centers ensuring seamless global operations. 

• Led the enterprise-wide implementation of Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) across 60+ critical applications, integrating with a robust IAM framework to enforce conditional access policies and adaptive authentication. Enabled secure RBAC for a global workforce, reducing unauthorized access attempts by 90% while ensuring a seamless user experience. Strengthened the organization's cloud security posture by aligning Azure IAM capabilities with zero-trust principles and compliance requirements.