About
HAWK.io is the First Fully Automated, Multi-Tenant, Cloud-Based, MDR Service
Company
Our Mission: Enable security organizations of all sizes to mature their cyber practice through automation using the HAWK Technology Stack
HAWK.io enables organizations of all sizes to rapidly mature their cyber practice through automation. Security organizations have longed been tasked with multiple roles when deploying legacy SIEM solutions. From procuring and managing the necessary infrastructure to ensuring all devices are properly reporting to the traditional SOC analyst functions that included incident investigations and response. Customers need a single solution to automate the entire process. HAWK.io provides all of this through our Cloud Solution allowing companies of all size to increase their time to efficiency as well as rapidly maturing their cyber practice
HAWK is Headquartered in Dallas, TX and was founded and built by seasoned security executives and veterans from ISS Internet Security Systems, e-Security, Citadel Security Software and ACS.
Why the Term BDSA Big Data Security Analytics?
HAWK uses the term BDSA because it defines exactly what we do. Big Data has always been a critical attribute when ingesting large amounts of machine data. Rather that using correlation rules that need to be tuned, tweaked or customized, HAWK uses a combination of machine learning and artificial intelligence as well as analytics across users, assets and applications. By using this patented methodology HAWK delivers accurate insight into true and prioritized security incidents.
HAWK.io - Fully Automated MDR in the Cloud
Incident response has been a critical barrier in allowing companies of all sizes mature their cyber practices. Too often, organizations have relied on seasoned security practitioners to make critical decisions without enough information. HAWK.io integrated technology stack includes BDSA, vTTAC for data enrichment and HAWK SOAR. HAWK MDR platform delivers automated incident investigations, artifact gathering and accurate incident response. This allows even the smallest of security teams to scale effectively.
HAWK Team
David Harris
Chief Executive Officer
David Harris serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for HAWK Network Defense. As CEO, Mr. Harris is responsible for the overall strategy and performance of the company. Mr. Harris is a veteran of the IT Security market with over 25 years of experience in Management, Sales, and Technology Development. He was a member of the original team at Internet Security Systems ISS, and a key contributor in growing the company from 1 million to over 130 million and a successful IPO in 1998. ISS was later acquired by IBM for 1.4 Billion.
Mr. Harris served as the VP of Business Development for the first SIEM to market; ESecurity. Mr. Harris was responsible for all strategic alliances ESecurity was acquired by Novell. Mr. Harris later served as the Chief Strategy Officer for Citadel Security Software. During his tenure revenue grew from 1 million to 20 million. Mr. Harris was the visionary behind the subsequent acquisition by McAfee.
Mr. Harris has served on several boards and is a board member of HAWK. Mr. Harris is an alumnus of Texas Tech University and the Rawls School of Business.
Tim Shelton
CTO & Founder
Tim Shelton is the founder and Chief Technology Officer of HAWK. In his role, Mr. Shelton is responsible for the overall product strategy and integration strategies of the company. Mr. Shelton is a heavily experienced IT Security practitioner having served in such roles with several companies, most notably ACS(Xerox). While at ACS, Mr. Shelton was recognized as one the thought leaders in developing the security service delivery models and back end processes. Tim has been a critical visionary for the company's technology and sales (go-to-market) strategies.
Mr. Shelton is widely recognized in the industry as an expert on 0 Day exploits and countermeasures to defend against them. He is a frequent speaker at Black Hat and other security focused events. Mr. Shelton attended Dallas Baptist University's School of Computer Science.
Reed Harrison
VP of Marketing
Reed Harrison has served as an innovator and recognized specialist in the information security and enterprise software industries for over 30 years. Reed is the former Chief Technology Officer, Security & Compliance Solutions for Novell Corporation. He assumed this position in 2006 when Novell acquired e-Security Inc., a company he co-founded in 1999 in which Mr. Harrison served as Chief Technology Officer.
Prior to e-Security, Reed served eight years as Chief Information Security Officer at Harris Corporation, where he built and successfully deployed global security processes and standards and established enterprise level security controls. While at Harris, Mr. Harrison directed development of a patented network-based intrusion detection solution in 1998. Mr. Harrison holds a BS degree from Florida Institute of Technology.
Chris Gummer, CPA
Chief Financial Resource
Chris Gummer joined HAWK in March 2016.. Chris has a broad range of accounting and financial experience as an operator and consultant to clients for over 1 5 years.
In 2000, Chris joined Financial Computer Software where he spent 7 years helping build the world leader in Asset Management Software and Leverage Loan Data. Through those years Mr. Gummer worked in a variety of roles, often consulting with CFOs and their accounting departments on how to improve their processes, create efficiencies and reduce costs through the use of technology. His experience includes being CFO of a steel construction company where he transformed the administration of the company, revamping the financial processes of the company decreased collection times, increased recognized revenue, and resolved several regulatory issues. Chris graduated from SMU with a BBA in Accounting.
Headquarters
HAWK Network Defense, Inc.
4131 N Central Expressway, Suite 900
Dallas, Texas 75205
Phone
Tel: (888) 919-HAWK (4295)
Fax: (888) 919-HAWK (4295)