Normshield Overview
We provide Cyber Risk Scorecard for companies with many categories. Cyber security is on every Board’s agenda, and the average total cost of a data breach has risen to $4 million (Ponemon/IBM). NormShield Cyber Risk Scorecards provide the information necessary to protect business from cyber-attacks. The scorecards provide a letter grade and a drill down into the data for each risk category so that remediation of vulnerabilities can be prioritized. Unified Threat & Vulnerability Orchestration Platform and Cyber Risk Scorecard.
There are five main reasons to find your organization’s risk scores.
- Provide Intelligence for Decision-Making
- Help Determine ROI
- Justify Cyber Budgets
- Manage Vendor Risk
- Evaluate Cyber Insurance Subscribers

The Team

Mohamoud Jibrell
CEO & Co-Founder
Mohamoud Jibrell, CEO, is a former CIO and CTO at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Ford Foundation. He is a versatile and innovative technology executive with a track record of delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions in nonprofit, scientific/medical research, charitable foundation management, manufacturing, engineering and international businesses. Mohamoud recognized for formulating and implementing strategic technology solutions that achieve business objectives. He is known for fostering climate of "get it done" characterized by professionalism, innovation and responsiveness while nurturing employee enthusiasm and teamwork. Track record of delivering large scale, mission-critical infrastructure and application development projects on time and under budget and consultative management style combined with talent for effectively communicating technical issues to non-technical business leaders are other known characteristics of the CEO.

Candan Bolukbas
CTO & Co-Founder
Candan Bolukbas is digital polymath and certified ethical hacker. Candan fully appreciates the growing threat to digital communications and data accumulation which affects all of us. He is co-founder and chief technology officer for NormShield, Inc., a McLean-based “security-as-a-service solutions” company. Candan is responsible for the technical direction and innovation of NormShield products. Besides being a certified ethical hacker, he is a certified secure programmer, certified incident handler and a certified computer hacking forensic investigator. Candan has a BS degree in Computer Engineering and he has been developing security products, performing penetration testing & forensic analysis, and providing cyber security training. Certifications: CCNA, CCNP, CHFI, ECSP, MCSA, ECIH, CEH, LPT. Candan worked for both public and private sectors for many years and strong supporter of human rights, freedom and privacy.

Doug Tracy
Advisor
Technology Senior Executive with a strong track record of driving innovation and results as a "C level" senior executive, Board member or consultant in a variety of global industries. Served as COO, CIO, CTO and interim CFO for technology companies. Highly experienced at defining new Digital strategies to leverage latest advancements in Information Technology to drive new business models, improve operational efficiency and reduce cost. Expert team builder and leader of multi-national and multi-cultural teams that perform and deliver. Experience in IT software & services, manufacturing, aerospace/defense, financial services, biotech / pharmaceutical / medical devices / healthcare, retail and transportation industries. Detailed knowledge of information technology including: innovation strategies, business process change, business growth strategies, digital business models, software development, outsourcing/offshoring, ERP implementation, etc. Former USAF F-15E instructor pilot.

Powered by MACH37
NormShield is one of the MACH37 cohort companies. MACH37™ is America's premier market-centric cybersecurity accelerator.
The Accelerator is designed to facilitate the creation of the next generation of cybersecurity product companies. MACH37's unique program design places heavy emphasis on the validation of product ideas and the development of relationships that produce an initial customer base and investment capital. MACH37 is located at the Center for Innovative Technology. The Accelerator is operated by the MACH37 partners.
MACH37 refers to “escape velocity,” the minimum velocity needed to escape earth’s gravitational field. They felt that this was an apt term for our accelerator, because newly launched technology companies must push past forces that inherently prevent their growth.