Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020

Mark Gamis, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Building on a 27-plus-year career, Mark Gamis has served as a senior leader with Booz Allen Hamilton for nearly 16 years. He leads the firm’s civil cybersecurity business, integrating leading cyber and engineering capabilities to defend against increasingly complex cyberthreats. Gamis drives mission-centric, modernized cyberdefense solutions for federal clients that deliver rapid, durable improvements to security program maturity and effectiveness while generating cost savings.

As the largest cybersecurity professional services provider in North America, Booz Allen solves clients’ most consequential cybersecurity challenges. The firm supports federal, defense and intelligence agencies, as well as Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies, leveraging its deep expertise and experience across sectors.

To support the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program and its critical need to scale telework capabilities while maintaining enterprise security, Gamis’ team is investing in cloud security solutions, 5G and advanced artificial intelligence-powered approaches. Gamis remains committed to help clients translate these advanced technologies and tools, optimizing them to meet diverse mission needs.

Why Watch:

In 2020, Gamis is focused on advancing cyberdefense solutions to help clients build long-term cyber resiliency and respond to an expanding attack surface. He’s investing in accelerated secure cloud adoption and deployments, 5G application, machine learning/AI solutions and integration of threat sensor data from operational technology. Gamis is also working with Booz Allen clients to move from reactive defense postures to a proactive, automated, integrated and intelligent cyber operation.