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Roland Braswell
Roland Braswell Senior Director of North America at Cylus

Roland Braswell is a highly regarded professional in the computer and network security industry, based in the Greater Chicago Area. With a robust network of 2,787 LinkedIn connections, Braswell is currently playing a pivotal role as the Senior Director of North America at Cylus, a position held since July 2022. Cylus is a company at the forefront of protecting crucial infrastructure from cyber threats. The expertise and nuanced understanding Braswell brings to the company is mirrored in their impressive work experience, including their time as a Senior OT/IT Cyber Security Consultant with Professional Automation Services (Chicago Electric), where they have crafted a specialized skill set to manage risk in vital areas such as Oil & Gas, Utilities, and Manufacturing since August 2008.

Moreover, Braswell's expertise extends to having served as the Senior Global Director of Sales & Partners at SecurityGate.io, a Houston-based software company distinguished for digitalizing and expediting cyber risk assessments. Between November 2020 and July 2022, Braswell's contributions significantly influenced the company's growth trajectory. Their background includes positions as Regional Sales Director at Corsa Security and at Tempered Networks, highlighting a steady progression in leadership roles and a deepening focus on OT/IT cybersecurity solutions.

Roland Braswell's academic credentials are equally commendable, holding both a Master of Information Systems Management (MISM) with an IT Security concentration and an MBA with an emphasis on Information Systems from Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University. Braswell's educational background provides a strong theoretical underpinning to their practical experience, ensuring a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity strategies. This, paired with their adeptness in channel partners and account management, positions Braswell as a significant asset in the realm of cybersecurity for critical infrastructure.

More about this expert

Full name
Roland Braswell
Location
Greater Chicago Area
Title
Senior Director of North America
Company
Cylus
Industry
Computer and Network Security
LinkedIn Connections
2787
Summary
Trusted by the worlds largest industrial companies, and listed in Gartners OT Cybersecurity Buyers Guide, SecurityGate.io is the #1 risk management platform for critical infrastructure cybersecurity. "
Skills
Channel Partners Account Management

Education

Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
MISM
Attended in 2009 - 2011
Field of study: Concentration IT Security
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
MBA
Attended in 2007 - 2009
Field of study: Concentration in Information Systems

Positions

Cylus
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Senior Director of North America
Jul 2022 - Present
Professional Automation Services (Chicago Electric)
Sr. OT/IT Cyber Security Consultant
Aug 2008 - Present

•Exclusively work with most TCP IP & ICS technologies and environments for Oil & Gas, Power & Water (Utilities), and Manufacturing. Examples include: SCADA, DCS,  PCN,  RTUs,  IACS,  PLCs, and HMIs.
•Performed vulnerability assessments and created management processes in order to identify and access management in most ICS environments, incident response, as well as monitoring.
• Consulted various critical infrastructure companies’ information security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.
• Accountable for the ongoing development, application, and maintenance of a cyber risk framework, qualitative and quantitative-based models, and risk quantification tools & techniques.
• Consulted various types of company vendor risk programs.
• Oversight of third-party risk assessments and scheduled and ad-hoc internal risk assessments.
• Shared accountability for the technology change management program.
• Accountable for the cybersecurity risk posture of the enterprise with a focus on privacy, policy management, third-party vendor risk management, and data protection and governance.
SecurityGate.io
United States
Senior Global Director of Sales & Partners
Nov 2020 - Jul 2022

SecurityGate is a high-growth Houston-based software company disrupting the cyber market by blending industry-specific expertise with digital automation to accelerate cyber risk assessments ten times faster than manual methods. The SecurityGate platform manages the complete workflow of cyber risk management providing a single place to view, compare, manage and store history of valuable risk insights on a given company and their vendors.

https://securitygate.io



Corsa Security
Regional Sales Director
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
Tempered Networks
Regional Sales Director, OT/IT Cyber Security
Jun 2019 - Feb 2020