DataBank’s Mark A. Houpt Named Winner in Top Global CISOs for 2024 by Cyber Defense Magazine

Second Consecutive Year of Recognition

DALLAS, TX – November 7, 2024 – DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class edge colocation, interconnection, and managed services, today announced that its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Mark A. Houpt, has been named a winner in the Top Global CISOs Awards for 2024, sponsored annually by Cyber Defense Magazine, his second year of recognition by the outlet.

Houpt competed against thousands of candidates for this prestigious award. Judges search for the most innovative candidates with unparalleled success in communicating with their boards and senior level executives. CISOs have mission critical responsibilities, detecting and stopping breaches and data loss, complying with regulations and building powerful risk reduction programs for their organizations.

“We’re pleased to name Mark A. Houpt as a winner among a small, elite group of information security professionals of our Top Global CISOs Awards for 2024 celebrating with them at CyberDefenseCon 2024,“ said Gary Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine. See the full list of winners.

CISOs are the first responders of cyberspace and deserve to be recognized for their tremendous achievements as they fend off cyber criminals, cyber terrorists, malicious insiders, and nation state sponsored attacks. They help corporations avert disasters that could put them out of business, working tirelessly to allow companies to grow and expand by managing and mitigating major risks and regulatory compliance issues on a day-to-day basis.

“I am deeply honored to be recognized, and represent the efforts of the DataBank Security Solutions team, once again among such an esteemed group of information security leaders,” said Mark A. Houpt, “This award reflects the ongoing dedication of our team to safeguard our clients’ data and support their growth in an increasingly complex threat landscape. As cyber risks evolve, we remain committed to innovation and resilience in our security programs to protect against emerging threats and ensure trust at every level.”

About Cyber Defense Awards
This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s 12th year of honoring cybersecurity innovators, in this case the Top Global CISOs for 2024, on our Cyber Defense Awards platform. In this competition, judges for these and other prestigious awards includes cybersecurity industry veterans, trailblazers and market makers Gary Miliefsky of CDMG, Dr. Lindsey Polley de Lopez of VentureScope, Katie Gray of In-Q-Tel, Robert R. Ackerman Jr. of Allegis Cyber, Dino Boukouris of AltitudeCyber and with much appreciation to emeritus judges Robert Herjavec of Cyderes, Dr. Peter Stephenson of CDMG and David DeWalt of NightDragon. Top InfoSec Innovators for 2024.

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About DataBank

DataBank helps the world’s largest enterprises, technology, and content providers ensure their data and applications are always on, always secure, always compliant, and ready to scale to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence era.

Recognized by Deloitte in 2003 and Inc. 5000 in 2024 as one of the fastest-growing private US companies, DataBank’s edge colocation and infrastructure footprint consists of 65+ “HPC-ready” data centers in 27+ markets, 20 interconnection hubs, and on-ramps to an ecosystem of cloud providers with virtually unlimited reach.

We combine these platforms with contract portability, managed security, compliance enablement, hands-on support, and a guarantee of 100% uptime availability, to give our customers absolute confidence in their IT infrastructure and the power to create a boundless digital future for their business.

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