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Shift5 Awarded $2.6M Army RCCTO Agreement for Enhanced Vehicle Security System Prototype Project

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Nov. 16, 2020

Shift5, Inc., a cybersecurity company, has been selected by the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) to deliver a prototype vehicle security system for a critical ground vehicle platform.

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Shift5 Announces Appointment of Christan (CJ) Johnson as First Head of People

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Nov. 12, 2020

Shift5 announces appointment of Christan (CJ) Johnson as first Head of People

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Shift5 is pleased to welcome new team members

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Nov. 5, 2020

New employees

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Shift5 Announces Appointment of Scott Shreve as Head of Product

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Oct. 28, 2020

Scott Shreve Head of Product at Shift5

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Breaking news- Shift5 wins Cybersecurity Startup of the Year

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Oct. 22, 2020

Shift5 wins Cybersecurity Startup of the Year

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Shift5 is a Finalist for Cyber Startup of the Year in the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Capital Cyber Awards Competition

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Oct. 19, 2020

Shift5 named a finalist in the NVTC Cyber Startup of the Year competition

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Shift5 and NexLyte Announce Strategic Partnership

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Oct. 1, 2020

NexLyte is a system integrator specializing in public and private telecommunications networks with a strong focus on passenger and freight rail. Shift5 is partnering with NexLyte to enhance integrating Shift5 solutions for our rail and public infrastructure customers.

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US Air Force to Enhance Warfighter Capabilities with New Shift5 Contract

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Sept. 30, 2020

With the new contract, Shift5 will further advance its technology so that more US Air Force systems can deploy it.

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Podcast

Podcast: Why the Military Isn't Good for Technologists

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Sept. 10, 2020

CEO Josh Lospinoso talks about why the military is a bad place for hackers.

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Aerion Supersonic Partners with Shift5 to Provide Cyber Security

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Sept. 10, 2020

Shift5, a cutting-edge cyber security company that secures operational technology for a range of vehicular platforms, announces its partnership with Aerion Supersonic, a leader in supersonic technology working on the new AS2 supersonic business jet.

Podcast

Podcast: International Cyber Warfare: How Real is the Threat?

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Aug. 25, 2020

In this episode of The Cybrary's international cyber warfare podcast, Shift5 CEO Josh Lospinoso features as special guest. Josh discusses zero-day vulnerabilities including when to keep, use, and responsibly disclose them. In this episode, we’ll get into the ethical and legal challenges that need to be considered in cyber war operations.

army press

Shift5 to Bolster Cyber Defense for Army Vehicles

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July 30, 2020

Virginia-based Shift5 will provide cybersecurity solutions to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center as part of their Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.

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Josh Lospinoso Discusses Cyber Vulnerabilities on The Cybrary

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July 9, 2020

In this two-part recording, Shift5's Josh Lospinoso sits down with The Cybrary to discuss encryption, backdoors, and other cyber vulnerabilities.

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US Air Force Awards Shift5, Inc Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Contract

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June 17, 2020

Shift5 announces that it has been awarded a $1.5M Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from the US Air Force

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Shift5 Highlight: Accelerating Through COVID with Focus

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May 7, 2020

Shift5 was highlighted by legal firm Foley Hoag for finding a #SilverLiningPivot and accelerating through the COVID crisis with focus!

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Shift5's Michael Weigand Appears on The Cybrary

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May 4, 2020

Cybrary is a cybersecurity and IT career development platform with a weekly podcast. Shift5 CEO Mike Weigand joined Cybrary on The Cybrary Podcast on February 19, 2020 to discuss securing serial data buses on OT platforms.

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Shift5 Highlighted in Arlington’s Growing Cybersecurity Ecosystem

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May 1, 2020

Shift5 was honored by DCA Live and Arlington Economic Development as a Red Hot Cyber company in February!

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Shift5 Named a Startup in DC to Know

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May 1, 2020

Shift5 mentioned in "Beyond Cabinets And Congress: 15 Startups In Washington D.C To Know"

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Shift5 Launches C++ Meetup Group (video)

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April 19, 2020

Shift5 co-founder Josh Lospinoso kicks of the inaugural Washington DC C++ User Group Meeting with a talk about object lifetimes, resource ownership, exceptions, and copy/move semantics in C++. Combined, these ideas allow the developer to employ the powerful resource acquisition is initialization (RAII)/constructor acquires destructor releases (CADRe) paradigms.

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How Bolt-on Products and Modular Design Can Save Military Combat Platforms

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April 13, 2020

Our nation’s premier fighting vehicle’s internal technology metaphorically exists somewhere between a clock radio and an iPhone, and this is a problem.

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Is There a Cost-Effective Solution to Secure Military Weapons Systems from Cyber Attack?

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April 13, 2020

Shift5's CEO explores cost-effective ways to secure military weapons systems

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5 Key Characteristics of Top Cyber Performers

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April 8, 2020

What makes a successful cyber engineer?

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Shift5, Inc. Awarded Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with US Army

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April 2, 2020

Shift5 announces its Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC).

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Josh Lospinoso Presents "C++ for Hackers" at US Army Cyber Center of Excellence

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Jan. 17, 2020

Shift5 co-founder Josh Lospinoso talks about how C++ can be a vital tool for infosec developers. In this talk, he presents a simple Stage 0 Implant written in modern C++ to tool developers from Army Cyber Command. Along the way, he illuminates many features of C++, the C++ Standard Library, and the Boost Libraries that are highly useful when developing cybersecurity tools.

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Shift5, Inc. Awarded US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Funding

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Jan. 14, 2020

Shift5 announces that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from the US Air Force through its SBIR AFWERX technology innovation program.

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Josh Lospinoso Presents "C++ for Fun and Profit" at US Military Academy at West Point

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Oct. 1, 2019

Josh Lospinoso, Chief Strategy Officer of Shift5 Inc. and author of C++ Crash Course, speaks to West Point cadets and faculty from the Math and Computer Science departments about how learning C++ helped him in the decade since graduating.

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Shift5: Intrusion Detection for Vehicles and Embedded Platforms

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Sept. 12, 2019

Shift5's Michael Weigand interviews with PetaCrunch to talk about how Shift5 can help protect OT platforms.

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Shift5 Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Round

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Sept. 1, 2019

Shift5, Inc. a cybersecurity company that builds hardware and software products to defend weapon systems, air platforms, and commercial transportation systems raised an additional $2.5 million in venture funding

The Broadcast

Dispatches from the Shift5 Team

Shift5 Awarded $2.6M Army RCCTO Agreement for Enhanced Vehicle Security System Prototype Project

Shift5 Announces Appointment of Christan (CJ) Johnson as First Head of People

Shift5 is pleased to welcome new team members

Shift5 Announces Appointment of Scott Shreve as Head of Product

Breaking news- Shift5 wins Cybersecurity Startup of the Year

Shift5 is a Finalist for Cyber Startup of the Year in the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Capital Cyber Awards Competition

Shift5 and NexLyte Announce Strategic Partnership

US Air Force to Enhance Warfighter Capabilities with New Shift5 Contract

Podcast: Why the Military Isn't Good for Technologists

Aerion Supersonic Partners with Shift5 to Provide Cyber Security

Podcast: International Cyber Warfare: How Real is the Threat?

Shift5 to Bolster Cyber Defense for Army Vehicles

Josh Lospinoso Discusses Cyber Vulnerabilities on The Cybrary

US Air Force Awards Shift5, Inc Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Contract

Shift5 Highlight: Accelerating Through COVID with Focus

Shift5's Michael Weigand Appears on The Cybrary

Shift5 Highlighted in Arlington’s Growing Cybersecurity Ecosystem

Shift5 Named a Startup in DC to Know

Shift5 Launches C++ Meetup Group (video)

How Bolt-on Products and Modular Design Can Save Military Combat Platforms

Is There a Cost-Effective Solution to Secure Military Weapons Systems from Cyber Attack?

5 Key Characteristics of Top Cyber Performers

Shift5, Inc. Awarded Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with US Army

Josh Lospinoso Presents "C++ for Hackers" at US Army Cyber Center of Excellence

Shift5, Inc. Awarded US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Funding

Josh Lospinoso Presents "C++ for Fun and Profit" at US Military Academy at West Point

Shift5: Intrusion Detection for Vehicles and Embedded Platforms

Shift5 Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Round