I am your best choice for a cybersecurity expert witness!

As an active counsel on a very contentious matter, I watched Tracy Reed handle opposing counsel’s tough questions with careful poise. He listened carefully, understood not only the call of the question but more importantly, the roadmap of opposing counsel’s line of reasoning and anticipated issues before they arose. I would recommend Mr. Reed to anyone as he is extremely dependable and intelligent.

— Lendon F. Webb, Webb Law Group, APC

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As a currently practicing cybersecurity consultant, security architect, and vCISO I bring you:

• 27 years of cybersecurity and IT experience
• CISSP certification
• CCSK certification
• RHCE certification (expired)
• Linux operating system expert
• Cloud security expert
• Composed under pressure
• Responsive communicator and team player
• Technology startup founder with multiple IPOs and successful VC pitches
• Appearance of independence: I spend most of my time practicing in my field but also offer expert testimony for both plaintiffs and defendants.
• I have been told that I give an impression of being earnest and trustworthy, humble yet confident.
• Detailed: In technology, every bit matters!

With 27 years of experience in the cybersecurity business, I have seen it all: Protection, intrusion, incident response, criminal prosecutions, and civil suits.

My first cybersecurity deposition and involvement in a legal matter was a rather heavy one to get started with back in 1996 in which I was key to discovering and putting a child molester and explicit material collector behind bars.(p6)

I avoid jargon and offer a gentle yet pursuasive education of the judge and jury by simplifying (without loss of accuracy) the most complex concepts by breaking them down into understandable nuggets, thereby delivering the information in a friendly and non-condescending manner. My lecturing experience at UCSD serves me well here.

I would love to have the opportunity to use my excellent communication and teaching skills, honed via many years of presenting to investors, boards of directors, students, and clients to help you make your case.

Was there a ransomware attack? I can explain what industry best practice they failed to employ which allowed this to happen.

Are you a cybersecurity insurer? I can go through your policy requirements and show where they failed to meet them and therefore why you shouldn’t pay out.

It has been very useful to go through the applicable security standards (HIPAA, PCI, SOC, etc.) and find noncompliance and therefore liability.

Or to look at the weaknesses of the evidence presented and its inherent technological amibiguities and lack of meaning what they say it means and possibly even revealing its exculpatory nature.

Need a forensic investigation? Based on my extensive experience with logging technologies, intrusion detection systems, data storage, etc. I can use the vast array of software tools at my disposal to sort through a massive amount of data and evidence to extract the key bits that we need to make our case.

Tracy Reed

vCISO

Cybersecurity Architect

Cybersecurity Expert Witness

Corporate Charter Aircraft Pilot

"I have a very particular set of skills..."

Cybersecurity Architect, Expert Witness, and Security/Linux Instructor teaching and mentoring the next generation of security professionals.

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CMMC CCP

CMMC Certified Professional

CISSP

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

CCSK

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge

RHCE

Red Hat Certified Engineer(exp)

ATP

Airline Transport Pilot

27

Years of Experience