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Nightwing CEO on Post-Raytheon Independence, Cyber Expertise

Nightwing's John DeSimone Talks Growth, Threats, National Security and AI Strategy
John DeSimone, CEO, Nightwing (Image: Nightwing)

Nightwing plans to leverage artificial intelligence, data systems and acquisitions after being spun out from Raytheon to enhance its cybersecurity capabilities, said CEO John DeSimone.

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The separation from Raytheon, a business unit of RTX, has provided Washington D.C.-area Nightwing with increased agility and a dedicated focus on its national security mission, particularly around cyber and intelligence services, according to DeSimone. He said Nightwing aims to solidify its independent infrastructure while addressing emerging cyberthreats with both offensive and defensive technologies (see: TPG to Buy Forcepoint's Government Security Unit for $2.45B).

"We're layering these things called magnetic AI agents across that architecture to provide the foundation to put AI and multiple types of AI," he said. "You don't have to stick with one large language model. You can plug and play and almost commoditize it. We've invested in that internally to set our back-office systems up that way to figure out how to push it toward our customers and their mission needs."

In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, DeSimone also discussed:

  • How embracing a data mesh architecture can help with scalable solutions;
  • How to address ever-increasing threats with artificial intelligence and data;
  • How to leverage AI offensively and defensively to handle adversarial tactics.

DeSimone previously led the cybersecurity, intelligence and Service strategic business unit at Raytheon. Before joining Raytheon in 2016, DeSimone served as executive vice president of delivery and operations at CSRA. He previously served as vice president and general manager of CSC's North American Public Sector Enterprise Services group, where he led strategy, planning and execution of the group’s growth initiatives.


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Michael Novinson

Michael Novinson

Managing Editor, Business, ISMG

Novinson is responsible for covering the vendor and technology landscape. Prior to joining ISMG, he spent four and a half years covering all the major cybersecurity vendors at CRN, with a focus on their programs and offerings for IT service providers. He was recognized for his breaking news coverage of the August 2019 coordinated ransomware attack against local governments in Texas as well as for his continued reporting around the SolarWinds hack in late 2020 and early 2021.




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