Candan Bolukbas is digital polymath and Certified Ethical Hacker. Candan fully appreciates the growing threat to digital communications and data accumulation which affects all of us. He is co-founder and chief technology officer for NormShield, Inc., a McLean-based “security-as-a-service solutions” company. Candan and NormShield’s primary focus is on cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability management and perimeter monitoring. Candan is responsible for the technical direction and innovation of NormShield products. Besides being a certified Ethical Hacker, he is a certified secure programmer, certified incident handler and a certified computer hacking forensic investigator. He has more than ten years of experience working with data protection and information security standards and technologies including business continuity, data-loss protection, data privacy, disaster recovery, encryption, enterprise architecture, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, penetration testing, physical security, security event management and vulnerability scanning. Candan has a BS degree in Computer Engineering and he has been developing security products, performing penetration testing & forensic analysis, and providing cyber security training. Certifications: CCNA, CCNP, CHFI, ECSP, MCSA, ECIH, CEH, LPT. Candan worked for both public and private sectors for many years and strong supporter of human rights, freedom and privacy.

Candan Bolukbas is digital polymath and Certified Ethical Hacker. Candan fully appreciates the growing threat to digital communications and data accumulation which affects all of us. He is co-founder and chief technology officer for NormShield, Inc., a McLean-based “security-as-a-service solutions” company. Candan and NormShield’s primary focus is on cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability management and perimeter monitoring. Candan is responsible for the technical direction and innovation of NormShield products. Besides being a certified Ethical Hacker, he is a certified secure programmer, certified incident handler and a certified computer hacking forensic investigator. He has more than ten years of experience working with data protection and information security standards and technologies including business continuity, data-loss protection, data privacy, disaster recovery, encryption, enterprise architecture, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, penetration testing, physical security, security event management and vulnerability scanning. Candan has a BS degree in Computer Engineering and he has been developing security products, performing penetration testing & forensic analysis, and providing cyber security training. Certifications: CCNA, CCNP, CHFI, ECSP, MCSA, ECIH, CEH, LPT. Candan worked for both public and private sectors for many years and strong supporter of human rights, freedom and privacy.