Management

Trevor Hawthorn, CISSP, Managing Principal – Mr. Hawthorn is a seasoned IT veteran with fifteen years of information security experience in both consultative and operational roles.  Mr. Hawthorn leads Stratum Security's assessment services group where he is responsible for the delivery of  application and infrastructure vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, wireless security assessments and incident response. Previously he was a Senior Security Consultant with Cybertrust (Formerly TruSecure) where he performed information security assessments for organizations across multiple industries.  Prior to Cybertrust Mr. Hawthorn was a Security Engineer at UUNET Technologies where he was part of a UUNET's DDoS Attack mitigation and critical infrastructure protection team. While at UUNET, Mr. Hawthorn gave regular training to the FBI’s NIPC group at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, VA. Mr. Hawthorn also provided training to the US Secret Service, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the Hi-Tech Crime Investigation Association.  Prior to UUNET Mr. Hawthorn was with EarthLink Network, Inc. as the first Network Abuse Administrator where he responded to reports of spamming, hacking, fraud and other threats.
 
Nate Miller, CISSP, Managing Principal – Mr. Miller has fifteen years of information security experience in government and commercial markets, including security architecture and design for large networks, risk management, application security assessment, vulnerability and penetration testing and wireless security assessment engagements.  Mr. Miller is a regular instructor of the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) training course.  Previously, he was employed as a Senior Security Consultant at Cybertrust, performing many types of engagements primarily focusing on web application security assessments and delivering web application security testing training.  Prior to working at Cybertrust, Mr. Miller worked at International Network Services as a Senior Network Security Consultant and performed many engagements including penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, secure network design and implementation. Prior to that, he was employed by a large Government Contractor and was involved in a number of secure network deployment projects for Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. Mr. Miller holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.