What Happened?
San Antonio, TX-based Digital Defense has Promoted Gordon Mackay as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Founded in 1999, Digital Defense is the premier provider of managed security risk assessment solutions protecting billions in assets for small businesses to Fortune companies in over 65 countries. Our dedicated team of experts helps organizations establish an effective culture of security and embrace the best practices of information security. Through regular assessments, awareness education and rapid reaction to potential threats, our clients become better prepared to reduce risk and keep their information, intellectual property and reputations secure. Network and Environmental Security Assessments Assessments are a cornerstone to an effective information security program. DDI offers vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, web application testing, social engineering and additional security assessments. The combination of DDI’s certified Security Analysts, patent-pending scanning technology and proprietary cloud-based vulnerability system, Frontline Solutions Platform (FSP), delivers the most powerful assessment results and remediation management solutions possible. In addition, the recent integration of DDI and Veracode’s cloud-based platforms enables the delivery of breakthrough Security Risk Assessment solutions.
About the Person
Gordon Mackay, CISSP, serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Digital Defense, Inc. (DDI). He leads the technology roadmap, as well as the Cloud Platform Development and Vulnerability Research teams. As CTO, MacKay applies mathematical modeling and engineering principles in investigating novel solutions to many of the technological challenges within the automated vulnerability management space. In 2013, MacKay’s solution to matching network discovered hosts within independent vulnerability assessments across time resulted in achieving patent-pending status for the company’s scanning technology host reconciliation process. Prior to joining DDI, MacKay held several research and development leadership positions at Alcatel USA and led the Call Server Database Team with the inception and design of a real time in-memory database used in the Alcatel Softswitch. MacKay has presented at numerous security related conferences, including RSA, and his expertise has been featured by top national and international media outlets such as FOX Business, Softpedia, IT World Canada and others. He enjoys using creative real world analogies, as well as using Star Trek references in the content of his presentations and communications. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering from McGill University, Montreal Canada. MacKay serves as a Distinguished Fellow for the Ponemon Institute.
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