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ShorePoint Earns Great Place to Work® Certification™ for Fifth Consecutive Year

98% of employees report a great employee experience, 41 points above national average

HERNDON, Va., May 16, 2023ShorePoint Inc., an industry-leading cybersecurity services company protecting federal customers’ critical assets, announced today that it has been Certified™ a Great Place to Work® for the fifth year in a row. Certification is based on an anonymous survey given to employees by an outside entity. According to Great Place to Work, 98% of employees at ShorePoint say it is a great place to work compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company.

“We set out to create a company that focuses on employees first and earning the prestigious GPTW certification five years in a row is strong validation that we are on the right path,” said Matt Brown, co-founder and chief executive officer of ShorePoint. “I am proud of the collaborative culture that we continue to build at ShorePoint and gratified that our team members find value in their work experience.”

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.

Highlights from the survey include:

  • 98% believe promotions go to those who best deserve them
  • 100% believe management delivers on its promises
  • 100% say they are treated fairly regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation
  • 100% are proud to tell others they work here

About ShorePoint

As an elite cybersecurity firm, ShorePoint continuously disrupts adversaries and targets their evolving tactics to provide a heightened level of security for federal civilian, defense and intelligence community clients. While defending against a surging number of cyber threats, clients count on ShorePoint’s team of cybersecurity and digital transformation experts to maximize cyber resilience, lower risk and drive efficiency. ShorePoint is a fast-growing, privately held firm in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

About Great Place to Work Certification™

Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place to Work-Certified.

Contact:

Joyce Bosc

On behalf of ShorePoint

301-717-9529

jbosc@boscobel.com

ShorePoint Awarded Prime Position on $300M DFC IDIQ for Enterprise IT Services

Elite cybersecurity firm selected for app development and cybersecurity services

HERNDON, Va., May 8, 2023ShorePoint Inc., a cybersecurity services company that protects federal customers’ critical assets from cyber threats, announced today that it has been awarded a prime position on a $300 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for IT services to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). ShorePoint was one of only two contractors awarded positions in two of the four pools for the multiple-award Cloud First Enterprise Systems Support Services (CFESSS) IDIQ.

“We are thrilled to be able to support DFC and their mission to finance solutions for the most critical challenges facing the developing world,” said Matt Brown, co-founder and chief executive officer of ShorePoint. “This award speaks to ShorePoint’s industry-leading capabilities in securing the critical infrastructure and applications that enable our customers to deliver on their highly impactful missions.”

Through the contract, DFC is seeking enterprise IT services and support to foster an environment of innovation and build secure, best-in-class IT workspace capabilities throughout the agency. This contract is comprised of four pools: operations, application development, cybersecurity and program management office support services.

The award builds on ShorePoint’s cybersecurity and resilience experience with U.S. international aid and development missions. Under the contract, ShorePoint will focus on application development and cybersecurity. Major areas of application development support include cloud and related IT services, data warehouse services and app/dev mobile services. Cybersecurity operations support includes security software and hardware tools; security-based operations and maintenance; threat detections, identification, monitoring; security policy; governance support and access controls.

The IDIQ has a five-year ordering period, from April 6, 2023 to April 5, 2028.

About ShorePoint

As an elite cybersecurity firm, ShorePoint continuously disrupts adversaries and targets their evolving tactics to provide a heightened level of security for federal civilian, defense and intelligence community clients. While defending against a surging number of cyber threats, clients count on ShorePoint’s team of cybersecurity and digital transformation experts to maximize cyber resilience, lower risk and drive efficiency. ShorePoint is a fast-growing, privately held firm in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

Contact:

Joyce Bosc

On behalf of ShorePoint

301-717-9529

jbosc@boscobel.com

ShorePoint Named 2023 Cybersecurity Excellence Award Winner in Three Categories

ShorePoint Inc., a cybersecurity services company that protects customers’ critical assets from cyber threats, today announced that it has been named a winner of the 2023 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in three categories. Ann Dixon, Senior Information Assurance Analyst with ShorePoint, is the Cybersecurity Woman of the Year in North America. John Rafique, ShorePoint’s Director of Recruiting and Retention, was named the top Cybersecurity Recruiter of the Year in North America. ShorePoint was also named a Best Zero Trust Security Services provider. The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize companies, products and professionals that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security.

“Government organizations are on a journey to achieve greater cyber resiliency amidst an increasingly volatile and aggressive threat landscape. Effective cybersecurity solutions require coordination and collaboration across people, systems, services and data,” said Matt Brown, ShorePoint co-founder and CEO. “I am deeply proud of our team for this well-earned recognition of cybersecurity expertise, commitment and excellence.”

Winners of this year’s awards were selected based on the strength of their nominations as well as the popular vote by members of the Information Security Community. Among companies with 100 – 499 employees, ShorePoint’s awards include:

  • Ann Dixon, Senior Information Assurance Analyst with ShorePoint | 2023 Cybersecurity Woman of the Year – North America (gold award). Dixon serves as a subject matter expert to multiple federal government clients and has a reputation for going above and beyond in providing enterprise security program advice and counsel to senior executives. Over the past year, she has led stakeholder engagement and strategic actions on evolving guidance and White House Administration priorities through participation in progressive and ambitious enterprise cybersecurity programs in the public sector. She has also directly contributed to guidance, insights and strategies related to evolving metrics.
  • John Rafique, ShorePoint Director of Recruiting and Retention | 2023 Cybersecurity Recruiter of the Year – North America (gold award). Under Rafique’s guidance, ShorePoint has grown from a company of 15 at the time of his hire to over 100 employees, while maintaining above-average retention rates – all during a well-documented talent shortage in the cybersecurity industry. He also established a culture of relationship-building with job candidates that remains in place throughout their employment.
  • ShorePoint | Best Zero Trust Security Services (silver award). ShorePoint offers a Zero Trust Security service that brings together stakeholders and cross-functional groups under a centralized Zero Trust Program Management Office (PMO) to create and implement a successful Zero Trust plan. ShorePoint’s PMO remains adaptive to drivers and mandates, allowing organizations to modularly optimize existing capabilities, maximize existing investments and adapt the framework to already established technology standards within their enterprise. Ultimately, ShorePoint’s PMO reduces disruption to operations and improves stakeholder buy-in.

About the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards is an annual competition honoring individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security. Learn more: https://cybersecurity-excellence-awards.com/

 

About ShorePoint

As a specialized cybersecurity firm, ShorePoint continuously disrupts adversaries and targets their evolving tactics to provide a heightened level of security for federal civilian, defense and intelligence community clients. While defending against a surging number of cyber threats, clients count on ShorePoint’s team of cybersecurity and digital transformation experts to maximize cyber resilience, lower risk and drive efficiency. ShorePoint is a fast-growing, privately held firm in Herndon, VA. www.shorepointinc.com

ShorePoint, Inc. Awarded Zero Trust Architecture BPA from the Department of Education

Washington, DC – ShorePoint Inc., a cybersecurity services company that protects customers’ critical assets from cyber threats, announced that the Department of Education (ED) has awarded the company a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), with a base and 4 optional ordering periods, to provide Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) Program and Enterprise Services.

Under this contract, ShorePoint will provide Program Management Office (PMO) support; ZTA implementation, integration, and modernization services; security development & operations; and information systems security support.

“We have focused attention this year on developing a ZTA design and implementation strategy that achieves the transformational outcomes mandated through various executive orders and OMB memoranda, while establishing a roadmap for long term cyber resilience,” said Matt Brown, co-founder and chief executive officer of ShorePoint. “We are excited to continue our relationship with the Department of Education to bring this model to them to support their efforts in ZTA.”

About ShorePoint

Launched in 2017, ShorePoint is committed to driving positive change in the community and for its clients. The company continuously invests in and promotes professional and technical growth for each employee to remain on the forefront of cybersecurity best practices. ShorePoint offers clients unmatched cybersecurity experience in federal civilian, defense, and intelligence communities, as well as commercial support in technology financial and healthcare industries. ShorePoint recently ranked #1,241 on the Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies list.

ShorePoint’s James Pittiglio Receives 2022 Elastic Excellence Award for Certified Professional of the Year

ShorePoint is delighted to announce that our Executive Director, James Pittiglio, has been recognized as a 2022 Elastic Excellence Award Winner and named the Elastic Certified Professional of the Year. His recognition was announced by Elastic CEO, Ash Kulkarni, during the keynote of the ElasticON Global conference. The Elastic award recognizes Pittiglio for demonstrating his “professional achievements and success” within his role, expanding his “Elastic footprint,” and for delivering “tangible results” based on his knowledge and Elastic certification.

“It’s an absolute honor to be named the Elastic Certified Professional of the Year for 2022! This award validates the hard work and commitment to excellence of Elastic, ShorePoint and our customers,” said Pittiglio. “I’m proud to be among like-minded individuals dedicated to developing innovative solutions and making a positive impact across the federal, defense and intelligence communities.”

The Certified Professional of the Year is unique in that it is awarded based on both personal and professional goals, as well as giving back to the Elastic community. Pittiglio, who is an Elastic Certified Engineer (ECE) and Elastic Certified Analyst (ECA), helped optimize Elastic for the benefit of ShorePoint customers’ cybersecurity missions. He is also an active participant in the Elastic Community Meet Ups.

Notably, Pittiglio achieved:

  • Establishing a growing an Elastic Professional Services practice at ShorePoint
  • Developing a curriculum and employee development plan that helped teammates achieve their own Elastic Certification
  • Leading unique and differentiated solutions that support federal cybersecurity initiatives in improving the cyber resilience of our nation

“James’ impact on the Elastic team within ShorePoint can’t be overstated,” said Matt Brown, ShorePoint co-founder and CEO. “His leadership in building a training lab and curriculum has directly resulted in five employees achieving their ECE certification in the last year. He has built an environment where best practices and troubleshooting are worked as a team, so each person succeeds for their own growth while providing exceptional services for our clients.”

ShorePoint’s Elastic Professional Services practice anchors the company’s cybersecurity offerings and capabilities, applying Elastic to customer use cases to meet evolving industry and government requirements. We will continue to leverage Elastic within our enterprise to train and develop the next generation of cyber leaders and improve the community’s collective ability to dynamically adapt to a rapidly evolving threat landscape.

ElasticON Global takes place March 7-8, 2023.

ShorePoint Named to 2022 NVTC Tech 100 List

November 14, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC –

ShorePoint Inc., a cybersecurity services company that protects customers’ critical assets from cyber threats, has been named to the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Tech 100, an annual listing of the top technology companies in the National Capital Region.

“This has been a year of tremendous growth for our region’s technology hub, thanks to the
dynamic companies and individuals who are innovating and making a positive impact in the
world,” said Jennifer Taylor, president and CEO of NVTC. “NVTC congratulates ShorePoint for
going above and beyond in their company and their industry. Even in these unprecedented
times of record levels of high inflation and hybrid work, the future of our tech community is
brighter than ever because of the momentous contributions of these leaders and companies.”
The NVTC Tech 100 highlights cutting-edge companies, executives, and NextGen leaders who
are driving innovation, implementing new solutions for their customers, and contributing to the
region’s economic growth. The 2022 NVTC Tech 100 list comprises 71 tech companies, 23
executives and 6 emerging leaders who consistently demonstrate dedication, vision, and
innovation.

ShorePoint Executive Vice President and CTO Rob Palmer was named NVTC’s Cyber Executive of
the Year in 2021.

“Through innovation and unwavering commitment to clients, our talented and dedicated
employees continue to earn ShorePoint recognition from great organizations like the NVTC and
our industry peers,” said Matt Brown, ShorePoint co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. “We
are very proud of their accomplishments and are excited

 

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About ShorePoint

Launched in 2017, ShorePoint is committed to driving positive change in the community and for its clients. The company continuously invests in and promotes professional and technical growth for each employee to remain on the forefront of cybersecurity best practices. ShorePoint offers clients unmatched cybersecurity experience in federal civilian, defense, and intelligence communities, as well as commercial support in technology financial and healthcare industries.