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At Steel Patriot Partners, we are your ultimate partner when it comes to cybersecurity compliance, governance, operations, and engineering needs. 

Our team of experts provides an in-depth analysis of your programs (cybersecurity or compliance) and develops a strategic plan to help you achieve your governance goals. We communicate and offer guidance along with a hands-on keyboard approach to technical and non-technical leaders in a language that is easy to understand. 

Our main priority is to become your trusted partner and help you improve your organization’s technological maturity. We achieve this by ensuring cybersecurity standards are met, establishing strong governance visibility, and enhancing your security baseline – all of which contribute to your business success.

To serve as an integrated, trusted partner to organizations that want to improve cybersecurity governance and attain general and industry-specific compliance standards by:

  1. Refocus your time and effort on servicing your clients instead of managing compliance
  2. Make sound business decisions based on trusted solutions to meet your client’s needs
  3. Attract and retain customers with successful audits of your cybersecurity procedures and practices
  4. Sleep better at night instead of worrying about how your sensitive data is used
  5. Reduce internal expenses by outsourcing compliance and cybersecurity while decreasing your business risk
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Jason Ford

The co-founder and CEO of Steel Patriot Partners, he focuses on driving growth, architecting solutions to simplify IT and information security operations for small to medium-sized businesses, and finding new solutions and services to offer to clients.

Jason is a technology entrepreneur focusing on IT operations, cybersecurity, business operations growth, compliance, and technology impacts of cloud solutions. He is passionate about delivering IT solutions to maximize business productivity and operational effectiveness while maintaining information integrity and security.

“Steel Patriot Partners’ Agnostic solutions make cybersecurity and compliance attainable. Our approach to cybersecurity is to facilitate digital transformation rather than impede it.”

 

Before co-founding Steel Patriot Partners, Jason co-founded BlackMesh in 2004 which focused on delivering  application services with security compliance in public and private clouds which he successfully exited in 2017. During his time there, Jason navigated GSA’s FedRAMP program in 2015 as well as PCI DSS and HIPAA to assist security focused clients with their digital transformation to managed cloud services. Post-acquisition, Jason stayed on in the role of CISO and CTO to continue to drive security initiatives along with technology direction for the newly formed post-acquisition company.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Business transformation
  • IT Operations
  • Cybersecurity Operations
  • Compliance
  • IT Architecture and Design

Education:

  • MA, Telecommunications and Business, George Mason University
  • BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
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Amy Ford

As the COO, it can be a challenging role to take on. However, Amy is a dedicated individual available to deliver client solutions around the clock and ensure clients are well taken care of. She is renowned for going above and beyond to assist customers and thoroughly enjoys tackling client issues.

Amy has devoted her career to gaining a comprehensive understanding of operations, from managing IT teams that provide 24/7 customer support to overseeing Human Resources and assessing business risks. Her enthusiasm lies in resolving problems and providing effective solutions that benefit businesses.

“Building cybersecurity compliance programs that successfully meet business goals and grow revenue is what I love. There is nothing better to see an organization use compliance for more than a checkbox to grow their business.”

Amy co-founded Steel Patriot Partners which delivers solutions that simplifying IT and cybersecurity operations while focusing on compliance for small to medium sized businesses. Drawing on her decades of experience in operations, HR, and business management, Amy oversees operations and finance at Steel Patriot Partners.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Business transformation
  • IT Operations
  • Client Support
  • KPI and Metrics
  • Business Risk Analysis

Education:

  • Business Administration, Liberty University
  • PHR, SHRM
  • HITRUST Certified CSF Practitioner

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