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About Us
Our Mission
To enhance Awareness, Coordination, and Proactivity of organizational information security, enabling the effective mitigation of threats to critical information/data in any form throughout its lifecycle.
Our Vision
To promote and establish a culture of integrated and cooperative information security throughout each and between all industries and sectors.
Our History
Toward the end of my active duty service in the U.S. Navy, I was part of a small team tasked to help revamp how the DOD assessed the security of sensitive information at defense critical infrastructure facilities. While security standards enterprise-wide were, for the most part, adequate, I came to the personal conclusion that there was significant work to be done, specifically in the private sector.
After separating from active duty, I founded Shiltron to provide services based on those lessons learned. Why the name "Shiltron"? The shiltron is a perfect example of how utilizing organic capabilities to their fullest potential to counter a serious threat can be done simply and to great effect. Analogously, Shiltron believes no numerical advantage - budgetary, manpower, infrastructure, or otherwise - can ever supersede the importance of constant vigilance in the exponentially evolving realm of information security.
I hope to catalyze a shift away from the current institutionalized, siloed, and reactive information security mindset toward a culture of Awareness, Coordination, and Proactivity. With every service rendered, my goal is to empower clients with the perspective they need to become the next link in that culture of fully integrated information security. One client at a time, one service at a time, "One Link at a Time."
Thanks for reading this far and we look forward to hearing from you!
Warmest regards,
Ian Graham
Founder, Shiltron LLC
Shiltron
[shill-tron] \ˈʃɪl trɒn\ noun.
A medieval Scottish infantry formation composed of spear and shield troops arrayed in a linear or circular close-order wall. Employed during the Wars for Independence to break English heavy cavalry charges, Sir William Wallace fielded the formation to devastating effect in the Scots' victory over a vastly larger English force at the Battle of Bannockburn, 23-24 June 1314. Similar to, and likely adapted from, the Greek phalanx and Roman testudo.
Etymology: ca. 1000 CE; from the Old English 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥-𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱, the Anglo-Saxon 𝘴𝘤𝘺𝘭𝘥-𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘢, and/or the Old Norse skjaldborg.
Alternate spellings: schiltron, sheltron, sceld-trome, schiltrom