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Gerald Derrick

Chief Information Security Officer at DigiFlight

Gerald Derrick has extensive work experience in various roles across different companies. Gerald is currently serving as the Vice President of Engineering at CamelotSecure since October 2022. Prior to that, they worked at DigiFlight, Inc. as the Chief Information Security Officer and Director of Homeland Security Programs from September 2022 to present. Before that, they were a Big Data Engineer at Information International Associates from April 2019 to December 2020.

Furthermore, Gerald Derrick held the position of CTO at Release 2 Innovations LLC from April 2016 to April 2019. Gerald also worked at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems as the Chief Engineer, NCPS from December 2013 to April 2016. Additionally, they served as the Senior Technical Manager and Technical Manager in the Cyber Systems Division from March 2012 to December 2013 and December 2008 to March 2012, respectively.

Prior to that, Gerald Derrick worked as a System Engineer at Northrop Grumman TASC from 2006 to 2008 and as the Deputy of the Personnel Accounting Branch in the US Army from 2005 to 2006. Gerald also worked as a Cyber Analyst/System Engineer at Northrop Grumman TASC from 2002 to 2005 and as the Director of Operations Support Services at Pihana Pacific from 2000 to 2002. Gerald Derrick started their professional career in the US Army, where they held various roles from 1996 to 2000.

Gerald Derrick's education history begins in 1991, where they attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. Gerald pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science, which they completed in 1995. Afterward, there is no specific information about their education until they attended the Harvard Extension School. At this institution, they obtained a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Information Management. The timeframe for their enrollment and completion at Harvard Extension School is unknown.

In addition to their formal education, Gerald Derrick has obtained several certifications. In 2012, they obtained the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. In 2013, they acquired the ITIL Foundation certification from peoplecert.org / Cabinet Office.

More recently, in 2021, Gerald obtained the Threat Hunt & Incident Response for Cloud Pak for Security certification from IBM. In 2022, they obtained the Beyond Atomic Testing with Attack Flows certification from AttackIQ twice, the Cyber Defense Essentials certification from Armis, the Foundations of Breach & Attack Simulation certification from AttackIQ, the Foundations of Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK certification from AttackIQ, the Foundations of Purple Teaming certification from AttackIQ, and the AttackIQ Professional certification from AttackIQ.

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Timeline

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    September, 2022 - present

  • Director, Homeland Security Programs

    December, 2020