Heather Case-Hall
Cybersecurity practitioner, Army veteran, and author of Data in Plain Sight
Carson City, Nevada, United States
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Heather Case-Hall has worked in IT since 1994 and cybersecurity since 2008, across military, government, and commercial environments. A U.S. Army veteran and former Cyber Warrant Officer, her experience includes incident response, penetration testing program leadership, report quality review, and data security assessments.
She has helped technical teams and clients navigate disputed findings, connect evidence to business risk, and turn recommendations into remediation decisions. Heather is the author of Data in Plain Sight: Finding, Classifying, and Protecting Sensitive Data Before AI Exposes It.
She holds a master’s degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, a CISSP, and multiple GIAC certifications. Her favorite security conversations begin where “the system allowed it” stops being a sufficient explanation.
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2026 UNR Cybersecurity Conference Upcoming
Keynote: "AI Didn't Break In. We Let It In." A 40-minute opening keynote at the University of Nevada, Reno 2026 Cybersecurity Conference ("Cyber-AI vs. AI-Cyber"). The talk explains authorized overexposure, how AI tools surface sensitive data through permissions organizations already granted, and why the fix starts with finding, classifying, protecting, and deleting data before AI does. Audience: students, faculty, security practitioners, and regional business and government leaders.
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