What Happened?
Charlottesville, VA-based Mission Secure Appointed Carlos Solari as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
MSi (Mission Secure, Inc.) is creating the next generation of cyber security technology and services necessary for defeating today`s toughest adversaries. The MSi Platform provides monitoring, protection and corrective capabilities for control systems and the critical processes they operate in the Industrial Internet of Things world. The product utilizes a dual approach to defend against cyber-physical attacks. It protects critical processes down to “Level 0” assets like control valves, pumps, compressors, motors, and generators, as well as Level 1 controllers and IEDs to maintain safe and reliable operations. Successfully tested and refined across multiple industries including military systems, oil and gas control systems, autonomous air and ground vehicles, the MSi Platform is ideal for energy, defense, and transportation applications and any organization or process reliant upon automated control systems. The company also provides unique OT-focused cyber assessment services that help organizations understand their OT environment, identify cybersecurity gaps and the best approach to cost-effectively fill the gaps. An Experienced Team Change doesn`t happen without the right people, with the right attitudes working together to solve challenging problems and a desire to revolutionize the cybersecurity industry. MSi is comprised of a diverse and experienced team. Over 80% of the Company`s staff are highly technical including the control system, network, electrical and nuclear engineers; computer science PhDs, cybersecurity experts and more coming from the industrial and military sectors.
About the Person
Carlos Solari is the Chief Information Officer for Mission Secure where he is responsible for cyber defense. As CIO, he plays an active role in supporting the company’s strategic initiatives, and cyber defense capabilities for the company, its products, services and customers. He is an experienced leader in the world of information technology and security bringing a mix of highly sensitive government experience and also positions of high trust and responsibility in the private sector. His principal contribution has been leadership in IT and InfoSec – understanding the needs of the business and getting a team of people to achieve a vision systematically tracking with the discipline of science and metrics – of standards and collaboration. This was his role as a senior executive for the FBI, as CIO for the White House and as the Vice President and General Manager of Global Security Solutions for CSC. This view is shared in the book that Solari wrote with colleagues called Security in a Web 2.0+World where he looked at the coming decade in IT transformation including the move to mobility, cloud computing, virtualization, and social networking with an analysis of what it means to the challenges of Information Security. Mr. Solari has been involved in some of the most sensitive operational roles in the US government, and also in the private sector for large multi-national companies. At CSC he led a globally deployed team of over 1400 cyber security experts in support of private and public sector accounts for Fortune 500 and critical infrastructure companies. His team was recognized by Forrester with a designation of “leader” in the managed security services provider (MSSP) space. At Alcatel-Lucent he led a team of scientists, research and quality engineers first in Bell Labs then later for the whole company to integrate quality, security, reliability in the technology that Alcatel-Lucent brought to market. As former CIO of The White House and all the offices of the Executive Office of the President he led a complete overhaul of the IT infrastructure and key business applications. At The White House recognized achievements included selection as Federal Top 100 IT Executives for the work done in Enterprise Architectures. This role had typical elements of CIO responsibilities but also involved unique aspects that only come with this particular office where the highest levels of national security apply. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Executive for major IT programs at the FBI, responsible for a variety of national security programs including a nationally deployed system for counter-drug operations that later became the FBI’s intelligence database. He also served as Program Executive for the creation of the FBI’s command center called the SIOC. These assignments had national impact including setting up the first instance of FBI cyber security functions and serving the IT systems at the US Embassies overseas (positions called LEGATs). More recently, Mr. Solari has turned his rich background to consulting and to the classroom serving as an adjunct professor for George Mason University. Mr. Solari is a retired Major from the U.S. Army, where he served 13 years earning the Army Ranger Tab and Paratrooper wings. He received a B.S. from Washington and Lee University and an M.S. in Systems Technology from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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