Mr. Lauriat has more than 7 years of industry experience designing, planning and building secure computer networks. During that time, he assisted large clients in a wide variety of industries.

Mr. Lauriat began his career with GTE Internetworking (BBN). While at BBN, Mr. Lauriat developed expertise in TCP/IP based networks and applications as well as security technologies. He is proficient with a wide variety of network and network security solutions, including routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, two-factor authentication systems and access control systems. Major clients at BBN included a nationwide communications company, a large financial services institution and several international telephone companies. Mr. Lauriat traveled extensively domestically and within Latin America helping clients build dependable and secure networks.

Following his tenure at BBN/GTE, Mr. Lauriat was most recently a Senior Security Consultant at TruSecure. He led several strategic consulting programs delivering security expertise in a way that exceeded customer expectations for quality, schedule and price.

During the last three years, Mr. Lauriat has worked extensively in the energy industry. He has assisted electrical utilities to improve the security of large SCADA networks. Mr. Lauriat has lead efforts to assess the security of control systems, write cyber security specifications and policy, and redesigning network security measures. Further, Mr. Lauriat has participated in efforts to ensure compliance Federal and industry-based security requirements. All of this work ensures the integrity of critical cyber assets in our national energy infrastructure.

Mr. Lauriat received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. While at Middlebury College, he majored in Computer Science, and earned a degree with departmental honors. Mr. Lauriat is a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and has also held certifications from Cisco and Check Point in network security.