SCYTHE Names Webster as Director of Federal Research & Development

Poised to Help SCYTHE Leverage Government Funding to Advance Company’s Cybersecurity R&D Efforts

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SCYTHE, a leader in adversarial emulation and breach and attack simulation, today announced that James “Jim” Webster has been appointed as Director of Federal Research and Development efforts. Webster will pursue and recommend ways SCYTHE can secure federal funding to advance the company’s R&D efforts.

“Jim has more than 30 years as a senior information assurance professional developing effective security programs that operate in concert with, and not against, organizational goals,” said Bryson Bort, CEO and founder, SCYTHE. “During the past 10 years, Jim served as the CISO of a large defense contractor building an information assurance program from the ground up. He will be instrumental in gaining consensus with business leaders to implement controls/services that effectively manage risk and protect critical information assets.”

Prior to joining SCYTHE, Webster worked closely with the National Defense Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ND-ISAC) to share threat information and work to improve the security posture of the entire Defense Industrial Base (DIB). He has also served as the company representative on the DoD DIB Cyber Security Task Force to help improve DoD and industry cooperation.

About SCYTHE

SCYTHE provides an advanced adversary emulation platform for the enterprise and cybersecurity consulting market. The SCYTHE platform enables Red, Blue, and Purple teams to build and emulate real-world adversarial campaigns in a matter of minutes. Customers are in turn enabled to validate the risk posture and exposure of their business and employees and the performance of enterprise security teams and existing security solutions. Based in Arlington, VA, the company is privately held and is funded by Gula Tech Adventures, Paladin Capital, Evolution Equity, and private industry investors. For more information email [e-mail], visit https://scythe.io, or follow on Twitter @scythe_io.