Seán Paul McGurk
DarkMatter
Vice President, Cyber Services
Seán McGurk serves as the Vice President for Cyber Services with a focus on Critical Infrastructure Protection and IT governance. Prior to joining DarkMatter Mr. McGurk was the Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Amazon Web Services Global Data Center Operations. In this role, he was responsible for leading the team that secures Amazon's data center environments from threats from all sources. Mr. McGurk also held the position of Global Managing Principal for Verizon with extensive experience in ICS Cybersecurity, Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource Sector Protection (CIKR) and National Security Operations Center management. He has over 36 years of experience in advanced systems operation and information systems security. Mr. McGurk served over 28 years in the U.S. Navy. For several years he worked as an arms control inspector for the U.S. Department of Defense where he conducted numerous inspections throughout the Soviet Union and subsequent Commonwealth of Independent States in accordance with the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF), the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaties. McGurk served as a member of the U.S. Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service (SES) as the first Director of this 24X7 integrated cybersecurity and communications operations center providing indications and warning of incidents through cross domain situational awareness.