About
Kevin O'Connor
Founder, TKOResearch
Kevin O'Connor is a cybersecurity researcher and security-engineering leader specializing in the security of AI and autonomous systems. He has served as a Technical Director at the National Security Agency, worked on CrowdStrike's Advanced Research Team, and led threat research at Adlumin, now part of N-able.
His recognitions include the NSA's most distinguished award for SIGINT engineering and a Director of National Intelligence award. He speaks on security, AI risk, and adversarial systems, and publishes ongoing research through KevinBytes.
He founded TKOResearch for boards, counsel, and security leaders who need senior technical judgment on AI-security decisions with real consequences.
AI security focus
Senior review for AI systems with real-world consequences.
Autonomous-agent red-teaming
Adversarial path modeling
Prompt-injection and memory-poisoning testing
Toolchain-manipulation research
Threat intelligence
High-assurance review
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