Turissini Named to Top Technology Positions at SolPass
Systems security innovator joins cybersecurity firm
DENVER, March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SolPass LLC, a developer of technology for mitigating cybercrime, has named Daniel E. Turissini to dual roles of Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer.
Turissini oversees the development, engineering, integration and security functions for SolPass, the developer of an assured identity verification solution to help businesses and governments address cyber theft, fraud and hacking.
SolPass President Rich Wilcox said, "In addition to his CTO role managing our technology development, we created Dan's Chief Information Security Officer role to explicitly express our total dedication to data security for our customers as well as inside our own operations. Dan is an innovator in systems engineering and integration and is a leading expert in the cybersecurity issues surrounding trusted, cloud-managed services."
Wilcox said, "Dan Turissini will help SolPass achieve its mission of implementing the next generation of system identity verification and assured rights management for industry and government."
Turissini said, "I actively evangelize for the protection of our nation's critical cyber infrastructure, as well as privacy protection, through the adoption of an accountable identity ecosystem. SolPass is a fit for my passion for realizing a citizen-focused electronic identification, authentication, and authorization solution that protects and encrypts, with high-trust user sessions from login to logout."
"The data breaches we're seeing today are like a degenerative disease that needs to be treated immediately," he said, pointing out the urgency for anti-fraud solutions.
Turissini is a member of the board of directors of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Educational Foundation. He also serves on the AFCEA Homeland Security Committee and holds a number of other positions on industry boards. He joins SolPass from Operational Research Consultants Inc. (ORC), a cybersecurity solutions company, where he was a founder and CEO. After negotiating ORC's merger with WidePoint Corporation, he also served as WidePoint's Chief Technology Officer.
Turissini holds a B.S. degree in Marine Engineering and Nautical Science from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, from which he received their Outstanding Professional Achievement Award. He earned his Master's in Engineering Administration from George Washington University, where he is pursuing his Ph.D. in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
About: SolPass LLC, based in Denver, is the developer of an assured identity verification solution to control cyber theft, fraud and hacking. More at www.sol-pass.com
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