About
Mishmar is the independent practice of Wade Blackwell.
Background
Twenty-seven years in network engineering, security architecture, and cloud, across defense, healthcare, financial services, and large-scale technology programs.
Wade Blackwell holds the CCIE Security certification.
Why the practice exists
There is a gap between the people who understand compliance frameworks and the people who can build the systems that satisfy them. This practice exists to close it.
Credentials
- Certification
- CCIE Security
- Experience
- 27+ years in network engineering, security architecture, and cloud
- Frameworks
- NIST 800-53, CMS ARS, FedRAMP, FIPS, DISA STIGs, CMMC / NIST 800-171
- Cloud
- AWS and Azure architecture in regulated and FedRAMP-aligned environments
- Location
- Based in Phoenix, Arizona. Remote nationally, on-site regionally.
The name
Mishmar, pronounced MEESH-mar, is Hebrew for a guard post — the watch, and the people who keep it.