Nick Nilan Joins Leading Supply Chain Cybersecurity Provider for Critical Infrastructure
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nick Nilan has been named Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Fortress Information Security, America’s main provide chain cybersecurity supplier for important infrastructure organizations. Nilan is an skilled chief within the improvement of partnerships between the Federal Government and the non-public sector to counter the clear and current menace to America’s digital provide chains.
As CRO, Nilan shall be liable for providing superior cybersecurity options for presidency companies, utilities and the economic base supporting these sectors. America’s digital provide chains supporting authorities and important infrastructure are topic to growing assaults from international adversaries and unhealthy actors. Nick will ship on Fortress’ mission for provide chain cyber safety, changing our present attestation solely strategy with a belief however confirm mannequin. America’s most vital and forward-thinking important infrastructure suppliers have already employed Fortress to safe their digital provide chains and Goldman Sachs alongside different buyers have invested significantly recognizing the effectiveness of Fortress’ expertise and broader vetting capabilities.
In his quite a few roles at Verizon, Nilan led Federal gross sales groups, product administration for public sector, Federal advertising and extra over the course of 19 years. He acquired quite a few accolades together with an innovation award from AFWERX and a Responsible 100 Award from City and State New York. Additionally, he serves as the present President of AFCEA DC, a non-profit group serving to foster conversations on expertise between trade and the National Security and Department of Defense communities.
“Cyber supply chain risk management (C-SCRM) has garnered the attention of the top leaders at Federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies and as supply chains evolve and grow, it is more critical than ever to ensure the validation of all vendors,” Nilan stated. “Through its success in securing the commercial grid, mission enabling work at the US Navy, and now with the backing of Goldman Sachs, Fortress is well positioned to deliver on a cyber secure supply chain for the nation’s most critical industries from utilities to the Department of Defense. After building, selling and marketing mission critical network services in the Federal government for over 14 years, I am excited to join Fortress to ensure the defense of our nation is further enabled by a secure supply chain.”
“I am extremely confident in Nick because he understands the enormous responsibility to lead the private sector critical infrastructure to lock arms with the government to cyber secure our supply chains against the threats to our democracy – especially China’s aggression,” stated Alex Santos, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fortress Information Security. “Nick is a determined competitor whose rapid career progression shows his ability to win. Nick’s ability to recruit and bring highly talented people together along with his vision for having a strong, relationship-based culture is what made him the choice for such an important role. Add in how detailed his plan is for securing our critical industries and government agencies, along with a sustained desire to improve, and it’s easy to see why he’s been successful throughout his career.”
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