As the confetti settles and the Gatorade dries, I want to give a huge shoutout to the incredible National Football League (NFL) Cybersecurity onsite team (Donna Mattison, George Griesler, Welmer Magtoto, Venki Ram, Kenny Masuda, Cory Watson, Andy Bowen, Andy Hersh) that worked tirelessly to help secure the biggest sporting event of the year. A huge thank you to our extended team who held down the fort back at the office and a big congratulations to our MVP, Rekha Gunjal, who led the way as our Cyber Super Bowl lead ”
“Protecting the Super Bowl is always a high-stakes mission, but this year, we had an extra challenge—a sitting U.S. President in attendance. That meant even more threats to monitor, even less sleep, and absolutely no room for error. (Because let’s be honest, “Oops” is not a phrase you want to hear in our line of work.) Months of planning, thousands of hours of preparation, and more stress than a last-second field goal… but this team delivered.”
“Huge thanks also to the over 200 esteemed Cyber public (NOPD, FBI, USSS, CISA, GOHSEP, City of New Orleans, Airports, etc) and private sector partners who had our backs every step of the way, as well as, our internal NFL colleagues across the League. It truly takes a team to protect the game. Your professionalism and collaboration is unmatched!”
“And of course, congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs & Philadelphia Eagles, they left it all on the field. While only one took home the Lombardi Trophy, everyone behind the scenes played championship-caliber football.”
“Proud to be part of this mission and to have secured my 6th Super Bowl! Now, maybe a little rest? Until next season, we see you San Fran!”
” #CyberSecurity #SBLIX #Teamwork #NoRoomForError