Charles White, chief technology officer and founder of zero trust-focused company Fornetix, has been appointed to the AFCEA International Cyber Committee.
As a member, White will help guide the nonprofit’s mission to connect the cybersecurity community, foster collaboration between the public and private sectors, solve cyber challenges and develop new capabilities, Fornetix announced in a LinkedIn post published on Monday.
White has an extensive background in systems architecture and engineering. For over 18 years, he has worked with both Department of Defense and commercial clients in the areas of enterprise identity, secure communications and encryption management, among others.
He holds more than 14 years of experience as a systems architect using Attribute Driven Design, Architectural Tradeoff Analysis Method and Department of Defense Architecture Framework.
Early in his career, he served as a senior systems architect and director of delivery engineering at Anakam, an Equifax company. During his time with the organization, he supported systems engineering, development and deployment and managed research and engineering teams.
After leaving Anakam, he served as director of systems integration and chief architect for Cape Fox Professional Services, where he oversaw solutions architecture and systems engineering at the company’s DOD and intelligence community business.
In 2014, he founded Fornetix, where he has since served as its chief technology officer.
Before entering the private sector, White was a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. During his service, he engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He currently holds multiple patents for various encryption technologies.
