Founder/CEO: Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith is the world leader in creating and building cybersecurity frameworks and brings over 15 years writing and implementing visible, industry recognized standards while building coalitions within industry and globally. Matthew led the contract team in the creation of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework as outlined in Presidential Executive Order 13636. He is the editor of ISO/IEC 27110 - Cybersecurity framework development guidelines. He is also the author of the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity and the NIST IoT Security Capability standard.

Matthew also was consulted on the NIST Privacy Framework, the Presidential Commission for Enhancing National Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity for Enterprise Risk Management, and Risk Management for Artificial Intelligence.

Matthew has developed software, created data analytics, and advised on national level policy. He received his BS in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Virginia and a MS in Cybersecurity Policy from the University of Maryland University College.