Melinton G.

About

Melinton Navas is a Senior Cybersecurity & Cloud Security Leader with over 14 years of experience, bridging security operations and enterprise strategy. He translates complex technical risks into actionable business decisions, with expertise spanning offensive security, threat intelligence, and cloud architecture governance across diverse international environments. He focuses on building scalable security programs, teams, and governance models.

Skills

• Cloud Security (AWS / GCP)
• Security Governance
• Enterprise Risk Mgmt
• Vulnerability Management
• PCI DSS / ISO 27001 / NIST
• IaC & CI/CD Security
• Threat Intelligence
• EDR & Detection Eng.
• Global Team Leadership
• Executive Risk Reporting

Licenses & Certifications

• ISO 27005 Provisional Risk Manager

  PECB

  Issued Nov 2013

• CISSP

  ISC²

  Issued May 2025 · Expires Apr 2028

• CEH v9

  EC-Council

  Issued May 2016 · Expires May 2019

5 certifications in total

Experience

• Senior Manager, Cloud Security

  PayPal

  Nov 2022 — Present

  Guatemala City, GT

• Co-founder — Ergo, Hackers

  Cybersecurity Education Platform

  Jan 2020 — Present

• University Lecturer — Ethical Hacking

  Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

  Jan 2016 — Present

6 experiences in total

Education

• Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

  BSc, Computer Science & Information Technologies

  Jan 2015

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