SixMap, a cybersecurity startup based in Columbia, Md., has a new CEO, as founder Austin Murdock handed the reins to Jason Kaplan, who led CyTwist until March.
In a LinkedIn post, Kaplan said he joined SixMap for a number of reasons, most notably to pursue its mission to “safeguard the nation and the global internet.”
“Many companies have mission statements, but this is a mission, not a mission statement,” said Kaplan, who has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Emory University.
“SixMap’s technology can fundamentally change the way governments and enterprises view their networks/assets, prioritize threats and remediate the most dangerous and timely exploits,” he added.
Murdock, who earned a Ph. D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, has conducted additional research at MIT’s Lincoln Lab and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served the US Department of Defense for four years.
“This year at the Global Cyber Innovation Summit I revealed our new SixMap Automated Cyber Defense platform. Market feedback since then has been extremely positive,” Murdock said in a recent LinkedIn post. “It is clear that we have a real opportunity to build a very impactful company.”
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In the same post, Murdock announced the appointment of Kaplan, saying it would “enable me to focus on strategy, product, research and engineering.”
SixMap’s technology automatically maps an extended enterprise including entities, subsidiaries, acquisitions, and affiliated third parties, across all locations. Its discovery process identifies “every internet-connected asset and device associated with the enterprise,” then enabling delivery of solutions to identify and stop imminent threats.
The company claims this “highly interactive process” enables SixMap to discover vulnerabilities that cannot be detected with service detection nor banner grabbing alone. SixMap’s backers include Fulton, Md.-based DataTribe and the California Innovation Fund.
