Company

SecurityStarfish shifts the balance of power on the Internet, taking the advantage away from cybercriminals and placing it back into the hands of its enterprise customers. SecurityStarfish provides the world's leading enterprises with actionable cyberthreat intelligence that allows them to predict cybercriminals' next moves and reduce the risk of data breaches. Our clients have access to shared solutions and attack information, and we help them to define more-effective strategies to prevent successful attacks – now and in the future.

SecurityStarfish collects and analyzes cyberthreat intelligence submitted by its Fortune-ranked clients and then produces frequent reports that provide threat analysis, guidance on remediation and direction on how to reduce risk. Its clients include the world's largest financial institutions, manufacturers, retailers and energy providers.

Security industry veterans with more than 60 years of combined IT security experience founded the company. Founder Dave Cullinane, former CISO and vice president of eBay, serves as CEO. Founder Gordon Shevlin is the company's COO and executive vice president. He founded SiegeWorks, served as a executive vice president of FishNet Security and is currently CEO of Business Risk Intelligence provider Allgress. Sharon Cullinane brings more than a decade of IT security experience to her role as corporate secretary.

Mission

SecurityStarfish is dedicated to shifting the balance of power on the Internet. Its mission is to take away the advantage from cybercriminals and to place it back into the hands of its enterprise customers. Cybercriminals are well funded, organized and relentless in their pursuit of sensitive, high-value information. SecurityStarfish is helping its clients develop a united and well-organized defensive front that allows them to raise their security posture, defend against cyberattacks, and avoid costly breaches, fines and brand damage.

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SecurityStarfish clients receive protection against regulatory backlash through anonymity. Clients share cyberthreat intelligence through a secure portal that protects their identity, but they have the assurance of knowing that all report information comes from actual SecurityStarfish clients. To join, email us at info@securitystarfish.com of call us at 925-579-0121 and one of our representatives will assist you.

Corporate Leadership

Dave Cullinane, Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Dave Cullinane is a globally recognized leader and visionary in the IT security industry. Prior to founding SecurityStarfish, he served for five years as a vice president and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for eBay, where he was responsible for global fraud, risk and security strategy, and for programs that provided security for eBay and its many global businesses, including StubHub, InternetAuction.co and GSI Commerce. Prior to joining eBay, Dave was the CISO for one of the largest banks in the United States. He has more than 30 years of IT security experience and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a former Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP).

Dave is a founding member and chairman of the board of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). He is the past president and chairman of the IT-ISAC, an organization dedicated to sharing security-related information across companies in the IT industry. He served as a member of the IT Sector Coordinating Council and the National Council of ISACs. He is an ISSA Fellow, and was recently elected to the ISSA Hall of Fame. He serves on ASIS International's CSO Roundtable Committee and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of CSO Magazine and SC Magazine. He was awarded SC Magazine's Global Award as Chief Security Officer of the Year for 2005 and CSO Magazine's 2006 Compass Award as a “Visionary Leader of the Security Profession.” In 2012 he was awarded SecureWorld's first Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of the information security community.

Gordon Shevlin, Founder, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer

Gordon Shevlin brings more than 25 years of business leadership, technical development, sales, marketing and management experience to the company. He previously co-founded SiegeWorks. There, he grew the company from three to 120 employees, building a strong international presence and managing its successful acquisition by FishNet Security, the nation's leading provider of information security solutions that combine technology, services, support and training. At FishNet, he served as executive vice president.