Paul Beckman
Vice President & CISO, MANTECH
Paul Beckman is the force behind MANTECH’s unified cyber risk management platform that gives the company unprecedented visibility into potential issues, powering smart investment decisions and reducing risk exposure.
In 2025, he built the cyber risk management platform that consolidated all risks — whether identified by vulnerability scans, threat intelligence, compliance findings, self-reporting or third-party assessments — into an unprecedented single, unified view. By normalizing and quantifying these risks, his team created a consistent framework to prioritize remediation based on mission impact and business value.
Why Watch
In 2025, his team is focused on Identity Threat Detection and Response, deploying tools that monitor for anomalous behavior, privilege escalation and credential misuse across SIEM, SOAR, and ManTech’s cloud and on-prem environments. They plan to integrate ITDR with SIEM/SOAR to speed detection-to-response cycles and cut attacker dwell time. They’re also strengthening governance with phishing-resistant authentication and true least privilege through Attribute-Based Access Control.
MANTECH is directly aligned with the administration’s focus on reducing cost, streamlining operations and improving government efficiency by delivering secure, mission-driven digital transformation at scale.
“We are helping agencies modernize legacy IT through cloud migration, zero trust adoption and advanced automation, which lowers operational costs while improving agility and cyber resilience,” Beckman said. “Additionally, our expertise in AI/ML, data analytics and enterprise managed services enables agencies to process information more efficiently, accelerate decision-making and optimize mission outcomes — all while maintaining the highest standards of security and compliance required in government environments.”
Fun Fact: Beckman once tried to build a smart home setup that was so secure even he got locked out. “Let’s just say the fridge and I weren’t on speaking terms for a week,” he said.