Randy Marchany — CEO

Randy is the Chief Information Security Officer of Virginia Tech and the Director of Virginia Tech's IT Security Laboratory. He has over 33 years of experience in cybersecurity and has been working on computer since 1972. He is a co-author of the original SANS Institute Top 10 Internet Threats, the SANS Consensus Roadmap for Defeating DDoS Attacks, and the SANS Incident Response: Step-by-Step guides. Randy is currently a senior instructor for the SANS Institute and joined SANS in 1992. He was a member of the original Center for Internet Security (CIS) development team that produced and tested the CIS Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Linux and Windows2000/XP security benchmarks and scoring tools. He was recently part of the team that wrote version 8 of the CIS Security Controls. He has written or co-authored over 45 papers on cybersecurity. He is a founding member of the US Cyber Challenge (USCC). The USCC mission is to identify, attract, recruit and place the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. He designs the curriculum for the USCC summer camps. He is a former member of the REN-ISAC board, a former member of the EDUCAUSE Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC). He is a founding member of the Virginia Cyber Range (www.virginiacyberrange.org). He is one of the founders of VASCAN (www.vascan.org), a consortium of security practitioners and researchers from the major universities in Virginia. He received a ONCON Top 10 CISO award in 2024 and 2025, was a Capital ORBIE CISO Public Sector finalist and won a SANS Difference Maker Award in 2021 for his contributions to the cybersecurity field. He was awarded the 2016 Shirley C. Payne IT Security Advancement award, the 2000 SANS Institute's Security Technology Leadership Award, the 2003 VA Governor's Technology Silver Award, and a member of the team that won the EDUCAUSE Excellence in Information Technology Solutions Award in 2005. He is a co-holder of three cybersecurity patents. He was the author of the original theme song of National Public Radio's nationally syndicated radio program, "World Cafe". His band, "No Strings Attached" was nominated for or won "Indie" awards (independent record label's version of the Grammy) for Best Album (String Music) category in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990. SANS Institute Bio: https://www.sans.org/profiles/randy-marchany/ Blog: http://randymarchany.blogspot.com Twitter: @randymarchany

Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in information security management and education.

Location: Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Experience: 34 yrs 4 mos