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ShorePoint CEO Matt Brown Talks Business Growth at GovCon Advisory Board Event

LuAnne Bell on September 30, 2026

ShorePoint’s Co-founder and CEO, Matt Brown, joined a panel of GovCon executives at the GovCon Advisory Board’s Built to Last: Driving Long-Term Value Through Organic Growth event on September 16. Panelists shared insights on the growth paths available to businesses today. The event drew small business owners, growth leaders, and other professionals from across the government contracting industry.

“It was an excellent turnout and a genuinely impressive group of peers in the room,” said Brown. “What stood out to me was how many of us are focusing on the same goal: scaling the business without losing what made it successful in the first place.”

A strong emphasis during the discussion was on culture: how to keep and maintain it as the company grows. As businesses scale, some lose the special culture, differentiated capabilities, and customer relationships that founding team members brought to the company. That risk only grows as roles shift and when new leaders join the team.

One key topic explored was moving from working “in the business” to working “on the business,” shifting from being deeply immersed in the day-to-day operations and delivery to dedicating more time to strategy, business development, leadership, talent, and long-term company goals. This transition can be the crux of developing a company that can continue growing without relying too much on the founding team members or other key professionals.

The panel also discussed how a company’s trajectory can shift with inorganic growth, such as acquisitions, or with bringing on a private equity partner. Each can open doors to more resources and accelerate growth, but both also bring changes to business operations, decision-making, resource allocation, and how priorities are defined.

The event reinforced that creating an organization that’s built to last involves more than just pursuing growth. What matters just as much is being intentional about what will carry the business forward: culture, leadership, strategic priorities, and capabilities.

About ShorePoint

ShorePoint is an elite, fast-growing cybersecurity services firm dedicated exclusively to strengthening the cyber resilience of federal agencies and their missions. With deep expertise and a forward-looking approach, ShorePoint’s experts operate where tomorrow’s threats are already taking shape — from AI and high-performance computing security to post-quantum cryptography readiness — helping customers stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape. ShorePoint is based in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

ShorePoint Rises to No. 12 on WBJ’s 2026 Largest Cybersecurity Companies List

LuAnne Bell on September 10, 2026

Ranking reflects increasing federal demand for advanced cyber defense solutions

ShorePoint, LLC has secured the No. 12 spot on the Washington Business Journal’s annual list of the Largest Cybersecurity Companies in the Greater Washington area, climbing four spots in its second year on the list. The rise reflects growing federal demand for advanced cyber defense capabilities, such as high-performance computing security and post-quantum cryptography readiness. These are two areas where ShorePoint has built out expertise to help agencies address evolving security challenges.

“The federal cyber threat landscape has never moved faster, or gotten more complex, with adversaries probing everything from legacy systems to next-generation computing environments,” said Matt Brown, co-founder and CEO of ShorePoint. “This recognition signals that our customers see us as a partner who understands that complexity and helps them stay ahead of it.”

The WBJ list builds on a series of recent industry awards and recognition earned by ShorePoint for GovCon excellence, exceptional workplace environment, and growth. It also follows the company’s launch of its HPC Security Hub earlier this year.

The rankings are based on 2025 metro-area revenue. See the full WBJ list of the Largest Cybersecurity Companies in Greater Washington here (subscription required).

About ShorePoint

ShorePoint is an elite, fast-growing cybersecurity services firm dedicated exclusively to strengthening the cyber resilience of federal agencies and their missions. With deep expertise and a forward-looking approach, ShorePoint’s experts operate where tomorrow’s threats are already taking shape — from AI and high-performance computing security to post-quantum cryptography readiness — helping customers stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape. ShorePoint is based in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

ShorePoint Named a Finalist in 2026 Greater Washington GovCon Awards

LuAnne Bell on September 8, 2026

Recognition builds on the company’s previous award win in the under-$25M category

ShorePoint, LLC has been named a finalist in the Northern Virginia Chamber 2026 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards. The recognition as a Contractor of the Year finalist in the $25-75 million category marks a return to the GovCon Awards stage for ShorePoint, which previously won Contractor of the Year in the under-$25 million category.

“Being named a finalist in this category highlights the story of where we’ve come from and where we’re headed,” said Matt Brown, co-founder and CEO of ShorePoint. “Before, we won this award as a company under $25 million. Today we’re being recognized alongside top contractors in a category three times that size. That’s a reflection of the expertise and diligence of the team we’ve built.”

Since winning its first NVC GovCon award, ShorePoint has grown its revenue by more than 160%. The company has secured spots on major contract vehicles and a growing portfolio of prime, outcome-based cybersecurity services contracts and task orders. ShorePoint has reinvested that growth into the business, accelerating its push into emerging federal cybersecurity markets where mission success demands industry partners that can match the pace of innovation.

The full list of finalists can be found here. Winners will be announced at the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards Gala on November 5, 2026.

About ShorePoint

ShorePoint is an elite, fast-growing cybersecurity services firm dedicated exclusively to strengthening the cyber resilience of federal agencies and their missions. With deep expertise and a forward-looking approach, ShorePoint’s experts operate where tomorrow’s threats are already taking shape — from AI and high-performance computing security to post-quantum cryptography readiness — helping customers stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape. ShorePoint is based in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

ShorePoint’s Ian Lee Makes the Case for Federal HPC Security in Federal News Network

LuAnne Bell on May 28, 2026

ShorePoint announced that its Director of Advanced Computing Solutions, Ian Lee, has authored a commentary in Federal News Network on the significance of the now-final NIST SP 800-234 standard, “High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security Overlay.” The article lays out what the framework means for federal agencies, vendors, and national security. Lee, a named co-author of SP 800-234, makes the case that federal HPC programs can no longer treat cybersecurity as an afterthought and that the framework now exists to help them do better.

“Federal HPC systems have never been more connected, more targeted, or more consequential to national security,” said Ryan McCullough, Chief Growth Officer at ShorePoint. “As HPC becomes central to federal scientific and national security priorities, the agencies and programs operating these systems deserve cybersecurity partners who understand the unique constraints and stakes involved. We’re proud to help lead that conversation.”

In the article, “NIST SP 800-223 and 800-234: A turning point for federal high-performance computing security,” Lee explains why HPC security has historically resisted standard enterprise approaches. These systems were built for speed, not security, and the performance costs of conventional controls can render them operationally useless. SP 800-223, “High-Performance Computing Security: Architecture, Threat Analysis, and Security Posture,” and its new companion standard, SP 800-234, address this tension directly through a four-zone reference architecture (access, management, compute, and data storage) and a tailored set of 60 security controls drawn from NIST SP 800-53 and calibrated to HPC’s unique operational and performance realities.

The publication arrives at a pivotal moment, as the federal government is actively connecting the nation’s most sensitive scientific computing infrastructure across national laboratories, cloud platforms, and industry partners under the Genesis Mission. Lee argues the security maturity of this infrastructure must match the ambition of the mission.

“The finalization of SP 800-234 is significant. Paired with SP 800-223, it reflects the federal government’s recognition that HPC security has been an under-addressed gap, and that the stakes for leaving it so have become too high,” added Lee. “Federal HPC operators now have a common architecture and control language to start mapping existing practices, identifying gaps, and communicating security posture in terms that program managers and oversight bodies can each engage with. The window to get ahead of these requirements is open and the time to act on them is now.”

Read the article online at Federal News Network here.

About ShorePoint

ShorePoint is an elite, fast-growing cybersecurity services firm dedicated exclusively to strengthening the cyber resilience of federal agencies and their missions. With deep expertise and a forward-looking approach, ShorePoint’s experts operate where tomorrow’s threats are already taking shape — from AI and high-performance computing security to supply chain assurance — helping customers stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape. ShorePoint is based in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

ShorePoint Launches HPC Security Hub to Address Growing Demand for Federal Advanced Computing Security Expertise

LuAnne Bell on May 19, 2026

New online resource center shares insights on securing exascale computing, AI/ML infrastructure and mission-critical research environments

HERNDON, Va., May 19, 2026 – ShorePoint, LLC, a leading cybersecurity services firm dedicated exclusively to strengthening federal customers’ cyber resilience, today announced the launch of its new HPC Security Hub. The hub is an online resource built to help federal agencies, national laboratories, and industry partners better understand the growing cybersecurity challenges surrounding high-performance computing and advanced computing environments.

“Federal agencies are advancing toward increasingly interconnected HPC and AI ecosystems,” said Matt Brown, co-founder and CEO of ShorePoint. “However, proper security guidance designed for these environments remains limited. We created this hub to help close that gap by providing practical resources, terminology guides, expert perspectives and industry events for agencies and organizations that are operating some of our nation’s most mission-critical supercomputing systems.”

Resources on the hub include two reference assets designed to build a shared understanding of advanced computing security language:

  • HPC Terms and Acronyms: A Federal Ecosystem Guide — HPC sits at the center of some of the most ambitious scientific and national security efforts underway today. This guide provides a reference to many of the key terms shaping the federal HPC landscape.

  • HPC Terms and Acronyms: A Genesis Mission Reference — The Genesis Mission represents a major effort to integrate supercomputers, AI systems and scientific data across the federal research landscape. This guide provides a quick reference to key terms and acronyms shaping the HPC ecosystem behind the Genesis Mission.

New content, including analysis and educational resources, will become available regularly as the hub expands.

“HPC systems were originally designed with speed and performance as the priority, often relying on physical isolation and trusted-user models as primary security controls,” added Ian Lee, Director of Advanced Computing Solutions at ShorePoint. “As these environments become increasingly connected to external systems, technology leaders and practitioners are reevaluating how to apply security frameworks that align with today’s threat landscape. This hub was created to support those efforts.”

To explore ShorePoint’s HPC Security Hub, visit: https://shorepointinc.com/what-we-do/advanced-computing-hpc-security-hub/

About ShorePoint

ShorePoint is an elite, fast-growing cybersecurity services firm dedicated exclusively to strengthening the cyber resilience of federal agencies and their missions. With deep expertise and a forward-looking approach, ShorePoint’s experts operate where tomorrow’s threats are already taking shape — from AI and high-performance computing security to supply chain assurance — helping customers stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape. ShorePoint is based in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

ShorePoint Earns Elastic Public Sector Professional Services Mission-Driven Award for Second Year in a Row

LuAnne Bell on March 24, 2025

ShorePoint today announced that the company has once again received the prestigious Public Sector Professional Services Mission-Driven Award from Elastic, marking the second consecutive year of this achievement. The award was presented during the Elastic Partner Summit on March 18, 2025, recognizing ShorePoint’s continued excellence in optimizing federal customers’ investments in innovative technology to achieve mission outcomes.

“This service delivery award is the only one of its kind, recognizing a partner’s ability to maximize delivery value and create a demonstratable positive impact on the customer mission. It’s a tremendous honor to win this award again,” said Ryan McCullough, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of ShorePoint, who accepted the award.  “Our Elastic professionals consistently demonstrate how this powerful platform can be leveraged to enhance cyber resilience and help federal customers modernize their cybersecurity capabilities to meet mission goals.”

As a trusted Elastic Consulting Partner, ShorePoint leads Elastic service delivery engagements and maximizes the value of customer investments in the Elastic portfolio of products. This consecutive win underscores ShorePoint’s expertise in delivering Elastic professional services that create measurable impact in the public sector.

About ShorePoint

ShorePoint is an elite cybersecurity services firm solely dedicated to protecting federal agencies from evolving threats, continuously disrupting adversaries and countering their shifting tactics. While defending against a surging number of cyber threats, customers count on ShorePoint’s cybersecurity and digital transformation experts to maximize cyber resilience, lower risk and drive efficiency. ShorePoint is a privately held firm based in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com