Nicholas Belanger

• Leverages over 11 years of experience as a cybersecurity professional

• Advises executive leaders on incident response, cybersecurity strategy, and risk management
• Leads tabletops and large-scale war games to improve organizational readiness

Nicholas Belanger is an experienced cybersecurity professional with more than 11 years of experience specializing in incident response and resilience readiness, including cyber crisis management, business continuity, and disaster recovery. At LevelBlue, Nicholas advises organizations across industries on strengthening incident response readiness, developing and maturing cybersecurity programs, and assessing their ability to respond to and recover from disruptive events. Nicholas specializes in designing and facilitating executive and technical cyber threat exercises and large-scale war games, as well as developing incident response plans, playbooks, and executive response materials. Nicholas is recognized for translating complex cybersecurity challenges into practical, actionable strategies that help organizations strengthen resilience and continuously improve their response capabilities.

In his role at LevelBlue, Nicholas leads incident response planning and resilience readiness services, serving an array of industries including healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, entertainment, among others. His responsibilities extend across cyber crisis management, business continuity, disaster recovery, security risk and readiness assessments, and the development and evaluation of broader cybersecurity programs, including Security Operations Centers and insider threat programs. 

As a practice leader, Nicholas helps shape advisory engagements from strategy and assessment through testing and continuous improvement, tailoring approaches to an organization's size, maturity, and stakeholder needs. He also works cross-functionally with digital forensics and incident response specialists, incorporating lessons from active incident response into preparedness efforts and helping connect strategic, executive-level decision-making with the technical realities organizations face during cyber incidents.

Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking and Information Security from Champlain College.