SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2013) - CyberUnited, a leading insider threat security informatics company, today announced that Steve Dufour has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. He is an accomplished global IT services executive with more than 30 years of experience in executive management consulting, information technology and outsourcing.
Dufour comes from ISC Consulting Group, a global private consulting firm specializing in defense and business intelligence, as well as advanced analytics. It also provides clients with information technology and strategic training applications. As founder, president and chief operating officer, he has helped government and enterprise clients apply innovative technologies to improve their business operations and achieve higher business goals.
"Steve brings both outstanding expertise and experience to the company," said Darin Andersen, CEO of CyberUnited. "His understanding of advanced analytics will help to guide product development and his years of consulting will shape the services we will be building around Intersect and Pit Viper."
"CyberUnited is on the cutting edge of insider threat security," Dufour added. "The company's combination of science and technology is unique to the industry and clearly the future of security. It was obvious to me that the potential is enormous."
Previously Dufour held senior level positions for Aon Consulting and EDS Corporation where he oversaw account management service delivery, initial deployment, system availability, and information security for mission-critical environments. He has also done consulting for Caterpillar Tractor, Altria Group, Philip Morris, John Deere, Toro Manufacturing, Roche Pharmaceutical, Proctor & Gamble, Raytheon, Detroit Diesel and General Motors.
Dufour has a Bachelor of Science degree in information technology management from the University of Maryland.
About CyberUnited
CyberUnited prevents sensitive data loss from your organization by revealing the identity of determined insiders. Intersect™ reveals insiders engaged in digital fraud, IT sabotage or IP theft. It integrates big data analytics and predictive analysis software to sift through multiple data sets, isolating employee anomalies that could indicate potential malicious activity inside a network.
Intersec™ utilizes CyberUnited's Pit Viper™ platform to detect, analyze and classify every byte pattern in a network to understand and learn specific threat indicators and precursors in real time. For more information go to: www.cyberunited.com