Arvin Vermais a highly motivated cybersecurity professional, with over 13 years of experience across a multitude of cyber and IT domains. He has worked in multiple industries spanning over 5 Fortune 500 companies and Big 4 consulting. He is currently a vCISO within the SMB segment.
In addition, Arvin proudly served in the US Navy Reserves as a Cryptologic Warfare Officer. He also serves as a research fellow with the Cybersecurity Forum Initiative where he has co-authored several research papers in new cyber trends and best practices.
Arvin holds several leadership positions with InfraGard Chicago as a board member at large and InfraGard National as the National IT Sector Chief.
He also serves as an advisor to several private and public entities, several startup organizations and is a guest lecturer at several universities across the State of Illinois.
Arvin is ISC2 CISSP certified, CompTIA Security+ certified, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor certified and a CMMC Registered Practitioner.