About Us

Our Mission

We have learned that technology alone isn’t enough to combat cyber attackers. Our fundamental belief is that hands-on, front-line expertise and intelligence, combined with innovative technology, provide the best means to protect our customers from cyber threats. Assessments and roadmaps are a good start, and then we follow through by partnering with our clients on the delivery of recommended solutions. Whether it is building the processes, implementing the security solutions, or monitoring and management, our collaboration and partnership don’t stop when the work begins. Our mission is to relentlessly protect our customers from the impact and consequences of cyber attacks.

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What Makes Us Different

Customers First

Our customers are at the center of all we do. We do not stop at “the minimum necessary” but strive to understand the needs of our customers and take care of those needs with commitment, urgency, optimism, passion, and expertise.

Honesty

We do the right thing – not just when someone is looking, but all the time. This is the only way we know how to do business.

Transparency

We do what we say and we own our results. We do not make a commitment for Tuesday, deliver on Friday and hope no one notices. Big problems or small, we set expectations and we do what we say we are going to do – when we say we are going to do it.

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Meet the Executive Leadership Team

Craig Sherwood – President

Craig is a technology and professional services leader with over 25 years of experience in building professional services organizations from initial creation to successful operation.  He also has over ten years of experience in assessing and advising clients about IT/OT security solutions and products. His leadership centers on long-term strategy, detail-oriented execution and innovative approaches.  Craig’s businesses have achieved robust growth by offering targeted cybersecurity solutions, including penetration testing, smart IoT /OT, software development life cycle (SDLC), and governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) frameworks and execution.

John Hart – Chief Information Officer

John is a CIO, CISO, Executive Board Advisor, and Executive Coach. He has more than 30 years of experience in IT, software development, and cybersecurity ranging from equity-backed startups to large international financial institutions. John was responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity for the world’s largest futures and options exchange. He has built infrastructure and security solutions for cloud-based startups to multi-location IT/OT companies. His career focuses on secure-by-design transformation of businesses. Using a combination of experience, powerful tools, and customized processes, John collaborates with his clients to accelerate and amplify their information security, business resilience, and risk management posture to ensure clients adhere to the compliance requirements of their industry.

Aaron Kase – Vice President – Legal

Aaron is an attorney focused on technology and cybersecurity. He brings expertise in fluently translating IT matters to legal professionals and business owners and board members. His expertise encompasses data privacy, cybersecurity, governance, risk and compliance. Aaron’s communicates complex ideas simply and clearly, making intricate technical and regulatory concepts accessible and actionable. He ensures that governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) is built into the consulting and security solutions we provide. This enables businesses to navigate the intricate landscape of cybersecurity law and regulation.

Dan Hansvick – Vice President – Sales and Consulting

Dan is a Cybersecurity Solutions Specialist who has decades of experience collaborating with clients to build technology solutions.  He’s a business owner who understands how to balance security requirements, budgets, operations, and client capabilities to create cost-effective solutions. Dan helps clients defend the expanding attack surface that has arisen from the convergence of IT and OT, Factory 4.0, cloud, digital transformation, all while complying with government regulations. He applies his deep IT, application, security, and risk management experience to build successful business outcomes for our clients.

proven results

Evidence of our impact.

Our mission is to relentlessly protect our customers with innovative technology and expertise learned on the frontlines of cyber attacks. You should experience value firsthand, every single day.

LLT Group

“With cybersecurity at the forefront of our business and our clients expectations of trust. We hired Shambliss Guardian for penetration test our networks. They helped us write policies that we never had, did intrusion testing and a vulnerability assessment. We are more secure because of the work they do for us.”

– Rahul Wahi, CEO

Polsinelli P.C.

“Companies involved in an M&A transaction may benefit from enlisting the support of cybersecurity experts to not only assist in the audit process of uncovering flaws, hidden or otherwise, but also to ascertain the true cost and consequence of such vulnerabilities. Outside consultants can play a pivotal role in assessing the value an acquisition target, based on these findings.”

– Bill Mahood, M&A Practice Leader

Heartland Bank and Trust

“Shambliss Guardian is really good at what they do! Whether your business utilizes them for IT testing, auditing, or their incredible TRAC program, Shambliss Guardian receives an A+ from our bank. They have the tools and work ethic to ensure your exams go smoothly. Shambliss Secuity is simply as good as it gets!”

– John Schneider, CTO
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