About Rydsec
Your trusted partner in cybersecurity for small to medium sized businesses, specializing in risk assessments and penetration testing.
Meet our Leadership Team
Veteran Owned and Veteran Operated
Justin Watkins
CEO / Founder
Justin Watkins is a dedicated cybersecurity professional who has been in the industry now for 9 years. His expertise is in penetration testing, threat emulation, vulnerability management, and risk management through readiness assessments. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with a requirement to ensure security at any business size or level.
Justin came into cybersecurity through a more unorthodox approach. His education came through the military consisting of contracting for the National Security Agency in San Antonio, TX where he led a team of Digital Network Exploitation Analysts. During his transition to the civilian work force he focuses now primarily on Small to Medium Sized Businesses (SMB's) maintaining and incorporating security solutions into their workplace. This included implementing assessments tailored to different cybersecurity frameworks such as OWASP, NIST, CMMC, ISO, and MITRE. He enabled companies to not only feel, but truly become more secure both tactically and strategically.