Lumen Technologies has appointed Kim Keever as Chief Security Officer, adding a veteran cybersecurity executive to oversee the company’s enterprise-wide security strategy as Lumen continues its transformation and prepares its infrastructure for an increasingly AI-driven technology environment.
Keever brings more than a decade of senior security leadership experience and previously served as Chief Information Security Officer at Cox Communications. Lumen hires Kim Keever as Chief…
She is also a current member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, which advises the U.S. government on telecommunications resilience, national security, and related communications infrastructure issues.
At Lumen, Keever will be responsible for continuing to develop the company’s security strategy across its physical, digital, and operational assets. Lumen hires Kim Keever as Chief…
The appointment comes as telecommunications and network providers face a changing security environment driven by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, increasingly automated attacks, expanding digital infrastructure, and greater connectivity across enterprise systems.
Lumen’s position is that companies cannot rely solely on individual security tools added around the edges of their technology environments.
Instead, the company is emphasizing security integrated throughout the network infrastructure itself.
Keever’s role will therefore span both traditional cybersecurity responsibilities and broader protection of the systems, facilities, networks, and operational technology supporting Lumen’s business.
Her background at Cox Communications gives her experience protecting telecommunications infrastructure and operating within an industry where network availability, customer information, physical facilities, and digital systems must all be secured simultaneously.
Her work with the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee adds experience addressing the intersection of private communications infrastructure and national security requirements.
The committee brings telecommunications and technology executives together to advise the federal government on issues involving communications resilience and national security.
Lumen is also positioning Keever’s appointment within its broader efforts around AI and automated network security.
The company has been developing automated network protection capabilities and integrated cybersecurity services supported by threat intelligence from Black Lotus Labs, its internal threat research organization. Lumen hires Kim Keever as Chief…
As enterprise customers increasingly deploy AI applications and autonomous systems, Lumen sees the underlying network becoming a more important part of the security architecture.
That can include identifying malicious traffic, protecting applications and infrastructure, responding to emerging threats, and creating controls capable of operating at network speed.
Keever’s appointment gives Lumen a dedicated executive to coordinate those priorities across the company while safeguarding its existing physical and operational assets.
