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Brian is a distinguished figure in the field of cybersecurity with over four decades of industry experience. As of 2019, he joined Continent 8 Technologies as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), where his extensive background in cybersecurity, network operations, and compliance significantly contributes to the company's prowess.

Brian's career is marked by a diverse range of roles, from systems security administration to executive positions. He has been instrumental in enhancing the security postures of Fortune 50 companies and held pivotal roles as the principal cybersecurity architect at eBay and PayPal. His expertise extends beyond the corporate realm, with over 15 years of experience in U.S. government intelligence agencies.

C8 Secure - a provider of comprehensive, multi-layered security solutions that focus on threat prevention - has announced a partnership with Vaya Space - a hybrid rocket propulsion and SmallSat launch company - to bring security solutions to the space industry and take C8 Secure’s parent company - Continent 8 Technologies and its network, literally into space.

Jack Blood, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at Vaya Space, said, “We are excited to help Continent 8 Technologies Founder and CEO, Michael Tobin, continue to expand his vision for Continent 8 by providing space launch services for a planned satellite network. Partnering with C8 Secure, a new Continent 8 company, provides our launch customers and partners with turnkey cyber-security solutions for their operations, payloads, and constellations.”

In addition, this partnership will enable Continent 8 Technologies to increase network footprint, availability, and performance through the use of satellite technology.

Michael Tobin, Founder & CEO of Continent 8 said, “We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Vaya Space. It’s a complete game changer that brings three industry-leading organizations together. Continent 8 has always been deeply committed to reliable innovation and continued investment in advanced data centers, networks and digital infrastructure technology. This partnership allows us to literally bring our network into space, while at the same time knowing that Vaya’s customers and partners will be protected by the cybersecurity solutions that C8 Secure provides.”

Patrick Gardner, Managing Partner at C8 Secure, comments, “We are honored with the opportunity to extend our cybersecurity solution reach from customer premises to data centers and now space. Space-based systems and regulatory frameworks represent unique new challenges and we are up to the task, drawing upon our history of security and compliance success.”

About Continent 8:

Founded over 20 years ago, Continent 8 is an award-winning, multi-jurisdictional, global network solutions provider that connects, manages, and secures the world’s most valuable information.
The company has data centres and strategic points of presence in over 80 connected locations spanning Europe, the Americas and Asia, and is expanding rapidly. Its carrier-grade network powers some of the biggest brands in iGaming, as well as companies in the finance, payment processing and public services industries.
For more information about Continent 8’s world-class product and services, visit www.continent8.com

About C8 Secure:

Comprehensive, multi-layered solution focused on threat prevention.
High-touch boutique service providing personalized attention.
20 years’ experience protecting customers in highly regulated industries, and certified as a service provider in multiple jurisdictions.
Industry recognized and proven leadership team with over 100 years’ experience in Managed Security Services.

For more information about C8 Secure, please visit our new website at www.c8secure.com, LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/company/c8secure/, or give us a call at: 1 (877) 861-1611.

About Vaya Space:

Based on Florida’s Space Coast, Vaya Space is a hybrid rocket propulsion and SmallSat launch company leveraging advances in additive manufacturing to redefine the cost, performance, and safety of space access. With a build, integrate, and launch-ready cycle of less than thirty days, Vaya Space is positioned to serve the global market and accepting launch reservations for 2023.
By unlocking the potential of hybrid rocket engines, Vaya Space is transforming the path to space. We proudly offer our clients frequent, reliable, economical, and environmentally friendly small satellite launch opportunities in precise orbital placement.
With a launch cycle of less than thirty days to build, integrate, and launch, Vaya Space offers flexible scheduling with mobile launch capability. Our technology allows our customers to achieve competitive advantages by placing SmallSats into orbit sooner.
Our mission management experts provide unique care to ensure your payload is successful from start to finish.

With over 20 years of cybersecurity experience and numerous industry certifications, Tony Engel has a broad security background spanning Government, DoD and enterprise environments.  This includes technical, physical, and administrative controls across the security spectrum.  Tony is not one to silo into one specific area and can interface with a wide spectrum of teams while architecting solutions.  His recent focus has been securing cloud-based and hybrid workloads that utilize Azure, AWS and VMware. 

Some of Tony’s accreditations include:  ISC2 CISSP/CCSP, Fortinet NSE4, Azure Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer and AWS Solution Architect Associate. 

Craig holds a 2:1 Hons in Computer Science and brings nearly 20 years of experience in IT and telecoms, having worked with tier 1 networks supporting high-frequency trading, media, finance, logistics, and gaming sectors. At Continent 8 and C8 Secure, he serves as Global Security Product Specialist, leveraging his background in solutions architecture, product development, and partnerships to support cybersecurity strategy and business growth across the Asia Pacific region.

Chad has 18 years of experience in the technology industry and is responsible for delivering on the aggressive revenue targets set by leadership at C8 Secure. Chad has held the sales director as well as channel roles at several companies, most recently with Navisite and RapidScale. In his career, Chad has worked with a wide variety of people and companies. His understanding of technology, the rapid transformation that's happening in the world today, and how it impacts customers, is the value that Chad brings to every relationship. His clients know that he is as committed to their success as they are.

With over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, Patrick is spearheading the company’s Managed Security Services strategy, delivering the next generation of 24/7 threat prevention, detection and response solutions. His vast experience in helping service providers mature their Managed Security businesses has resulted in over a dozen Gartner ratings for Worldwide Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) and North America Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting across five different providers. His previous leadership roles include CEO of Secure-IQ, CTO of Savanture and CTO of BlueAlly.

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