About Discernible

Our Founder

Discernible was founded by Melanie Ensign.

After managing security and privacy communications for some of the world’s most notable brands, including Facebook, Uber, and AT&T, Melanie founded Discernible to help even more organizations adopt effective communications strategies to improve risk-related outcomes. She counsels executives and technical teams alike to cut through internal politics, dysfunctional inertia, and meaningless metrics.

For the past 10 years, Melanie has also led the press department and communications strategy for DEF CON, the world’s largest hacker community.

Melanie is an accomplished scuba diver and brings many lessons learned preventing, preparing for, and navigating unexpected, high-risk underwater incidents to her work in security and privacy.

Our Team

As a Center of Excellence, Discernible is dedicated to providing leadership, best practices, research, and training in security and privacy communications. Our team includes a network of independent contractors with experience in a variety of disciplines to provide our clients with comprehensive counsel that considers all stakeholders. These disciplines include:

  • Software, security, and privacy engineering

  • Product development and management

  • Technical writing and documentation

  • Program management

  • Law and compliance

  • Data ethics

  • Research

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