Scott West has specialized in information security since 1997 supporting numerous Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Navy (DoN) programs with emphasis on technical and organizational risk assessment and information systems security management. He has led numerous multi-disciplined teams of cybersecurity professionals in support of Federal, DoD, DoN, and United States Marine Corps (USMC) programs. As the Director (acting) of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)’s NSA-certified and USCYBERCOM accredited DoD Cyber Red Team, as well as the Supervisor for SPAWAR Atlantic’s Penetration Testing and Risk Mitigation competency, Mr. West leads, promotes, equips, staffs, and develops SSC Atlantic’s capability to support Adversarial Cybersecurity Testing and Evaluation (T&E), vulnerability assessment, and advanced cyber threat emulation across a wide spectrum of customers, missions, systems, and platforms. Scott West is a 1993 alumnus of The Citadel Corps of Cadets and has a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State University. He has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2002, and holds industry certifications in Incident Handling (GCIH), Web Application Penetration Testing (GWAPT), Network Penetration Testing (GPEN), and Mobile Device Security Analysis (GMOB).
