Aaron Smith is Head of Threat Hunting at Tanium, responsible for HuntIQ, the company's embedded threat hunting practice serving customers globally. He has more than 25 years in cybersecurity and information technology, with prior service as a United States Air Force officer, a Department of Defense civilian, and a federal contractor supporting operations in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. He is a frequent speaker on security operations, detection engineering, and applied AI in the SOC.