Justin DePalmo
Vice President & CISO, GDIT
Justin DePalmo’s biggest achievement over the last 14 months since transitioning to GDIT from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is transforming his team’s organizational alignment to build a strong and resilient proactive cyber program.
These enhancements included an increase in automation to allow decisions to be made faster, in addition to continued adoption of frameworks, such as zero trust, that align to GDIT’s current cyber and IT risk landscape.
Why Watch
DePalmo’s team is heavily focused on the user experience for employees as it continues to make these proactive enhancements. GDIT employee’s time is critical to adequately support the customer’s mission — and that user experience should be the same in the office, on the road or using mobile platforms.
“Education is a critical component of our dynamic and proactive cybersecurity strategy,” DePalmo said. “What I emphasize to our teams, employees and partners is that we must do everything right, while our adversaries only need to find one thing wrong. With stakes this high, I’m proud of the progress we’ve made in increasing collaboration, agility, and resilience to protect our technology and information assets as well as meet the evolving demands of our customers’ missions.”