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curity became a client in 2005, after SecureXperts released its se- cure video technology. Five years later, he says DHS introduced him to security giant ADT, a subsidiary of Tyco International. A mentor-protégé relationship with SecureXperts was formed that has provided business management, planning and development, technical and financial assistance and training. The ADT relationship has been a boon for Washington. He had always considered that his technical background allowed him to not have to focus on management, teambuilding, and leader- ship skills. Now he wishes that he had taken a more balanced focus and honed his management and technical skills to run the business more effectively from its beginning. Washington is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and maintains technical certifications in Micro- soft, Cisco, and Citrix operating systems; His specialty is secure network architecture design and deployment, and data encryption using advanced public key Infrastructure (PKI) technologies. PKIs are how digital certificates are created, managed, distrib- uted, used, stored and revoked by techs using software, hardware and specific procedures.
Such expertise gains recognition. Last September, Wash- ington received a practitioner category award at the ISC2 2011 Americas Information Security Leadership ceremony. A few months earlier, he spoke at the Government Security Expo about
“Cyber Security Issues in the Field.” To stay sharp, Washington has joined the Information Secu- rity Certification Consortium (ISC2) and the American Society of Industrial Security. He also attends the Black Hat, DEFCON, and other physical and IT security conferences related to homeland security and reads at least 20 IT security publications regularly. Washington says his clients are surprised, and impressed, when they find that the owner of SecureXperts has a two-genera- tion cyber security lineage. He says that grounding gives him an edge and a mentality setting SecureXperts apart from its competi- tion. Unsurprisingly Washington’s older brother, Darrell, is also in the security field, but on the installation and project manage- ment side of security systems.
When it comes to personal security Darnell Washington is careful. His major rule is always know who you are dealing with before sending or receiving anything electronically. He also pur- chased a Droid cell phone, over an iPhone or Blackberry, specifi- cally “because I can secure it in unusual ways using encryption.” While vigilant, don’t expect to contact him when he is off the clock. On weekends, Washington says “I completely unplug from technology and spend time with community activist programs such as food banks and shelters, and take long afternoon naps.” He also relaxes doing something that’s no surprise in a secu- rity expert: people watching.
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