Allen Westley is a senior cybersecurity leader and practitioner with more than 20 years of experience supporting high-risk environments where security, mission assurance, and accountability carry real consequences. His work sits at the intersection of AI-enabled systems, human decision integrity, and national-security-grade risk management, with a focus on what can break when autonomy, speed, and trust collide.

Allen currently serves as a Corporate Cyber Intelligence Leader at L3Harris Technologies, where his work supports cybersecurity strategy, classified systems assurance, and emerging technology risk across complex Defense Industrial Base environments. He works with cybersecurity, security engineering, incident response, and governance teams navigating the rapid introduction of AI-enabled tools into operational workflows.

Rather than treating AI risk as only a model-centric problem, Allen examines how human-machine workflows can create new control gaps. His work focuses on over-reliance, confidence inflation, decision off-loading, and the potential erosion of human judgment when AI-generated outputs increasingly influence cyber decisions. He has developed practical concepts for identifying these emerging risk signals, including Cognitive Indicators of Compromise, informed by practitioner experience, governance analysis, and red-team-inspired thinking.

Allen is a frequent contributor to industry discussions on AI security, cyber governance, cognitive security, and operational risk. He brings a practitioner’s perspective shaped by hands-on implementation, governance friction, and the lessons learned when emerging technology meets production environments. His leadership approach emphasizes practical execution, clear accountability, and ensuring that innovation does not outrun responsible stewardship.