Joshua Copeland

Joshua Copeland is a cybersecurity executive, military officer, and unapologetic truth-teller known online as the “#UnpopularOpinionGuy.” With over two decades of combined service in the U.S. Air Force and the Louisiana State Guard Cyber Reserve, he has led teams through real-world incidents where failure wasn’t an option. Today, he serves as Director of Cybersecurity at Crescendo AI, Deputy Commander of the LASG Cyber Reserve, and Professor of Practice at Tulane University. His work has been published in academic journals and presented at major security conferences, but his sharpest insights come from the trenches...where burnout, politics, and bad policies break more professionals than breaches ever will. Blending military grit, academic rigor, and brutal honesty, Copeland’s mission is simple: burn down the bullsh*t and rebuild cybersecurity into something real, resilient, and human.