Hayden Covington - Black Hills Information Security, Inc.

Hayden Covington is the Associate Director of Security Operations at Black Hills Information Security. With nearly a decade of experience in Security Operations, Detection Engineering, and Incident Response, he leads detection engineering efforts, operationalizes threat intelligence processes, and oversees day-to-day SOC operations across a diverse customer base.

Prior to joining BHIS in 2022, Hayden worked as a SOC Analyst at Newport News Shipbuilding (Huntington Ingalls Industries), where he served on the incident response team and focused on insider threat analysis and SOAR engineering. When he’s not working, Hayden can be found doing anything athletic (like triathlons!), as well as enjoying reading, astrophotography, and Formula 1.