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Janis Richards, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSK

Senior Director of Cybersecurity

Ms. Janis Richards is CENTERPOINT’s Senior Director of Cybersecurity. In this role, she is responsible for carrying out the company’s vision and guiding its cyber strategy and service offerings. As a member of the senior leadership team, she supports the growth of CENTERPOINT’s business through leading capture and proposal development efforts. She is also tasked with enhancing CENTERPOINT’s operations, delivery capabilities, quality management, and workforce training & development initiatives.

Before joining CENTERPOINT in 2017, Ms. Richards spent two decades as a cybersecurity consultant creating value through proactive risk management for Federal government clients. During this period, she helped to shape the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) during its inception and contributed to the development of early federal cloud security guidance. Her prior experience includes project management, application development, and data center operations.

Ms. Richards is a U.S. Army veteran. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Psychology from Park University, and a Graduate Certificate in Legal Studies/International Law from George Washington University. Her current professional certifications include the CISSP, CISM, CRISC, and CCSK.

Baly Ambegaoker

Chairwoman & co-CEO

Baly Ambegaoker is co-Founder, Chairwoman and co-CEO of CENTERPOINT, a Virginia-based technology company delivering the next generation in cybersecurity services and solutions. Ms. Ambegaoker is responsible for strategic business planning and execution. Prior to CENTERPOINT, Ms. Ambegaoker served as a President & CEO of IDL Solutions, Inc. At IDL, Ms. Ambegaoker led the company in providing information technology solutions, data analytics, and systems support to numerous Federal, state, and local governments, as well as over 100 commercial clients. Under Ms. Ambegaoker’s leadership, IDL experienced consistent annual growth and achieved successful appraisals as an SEI CMMI® Level 3 and an SEI CMMI Level 4 SCAMPI B organization.

Ms. Ambegaoker’s years of dedication to excellence culminated in the successful acquisition of IDL Solutions by CACI International in December of 2012. Ms. Ambegaoker is a member of the Board of Directors at Wisconsin Procurement Institute and has been an active member of AFCEA, NVTC, ACT/IAC, National Association of Women Business Owners, the Council of Small Business Executives, the Governor’s E-Government Council, Goodwill Industries Technology Business Advisory Council, and Women in Homeland Security. She has been recognized as U.S. Small Business Administration’s Entrepreneur of the Year, and has earned the Top 40 Under 40, amongst other industry awards. Ms. Ambegaoker holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business, and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Ed Silva

Ed Silva, President & co-CEO President & co-CEO

Ed Silva is co-Founder, President & co-CEO of CENTERPOINT, a Virginia-based technology company delivering the next generation in cybersecurity services and solutions. In addition to serving as co-CEO, Mr. Silva is responsible for client delivery, corporate growth and the implementation of business development strategies. Prior to founding CENTERPOINT, Mr. Silva was Senior Executive for Corporate Business Development for CACI International Inc., a global multi-billion information solutions and services company. Mr. Silva joined CACI through the company’s acquisition of IDL Solutions, where he was a partner and Senior Vice President.

Mr. Silva also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of IDL Government Solutions, a provider of information technology solutions, applications, and systems support. IDL-GS functioned as a critical business partner to IDL Solutions as it grew rapidly toward its successful acquisition by CACI in December of 2012. During his 30-year career, Mr. Silva has developed and implemented growth and operations strategies for a number of companies. He has served as Chair and Vice-Chair for the ACT/IAC Cybersecurity Community of Interest, Board Member for the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia, and is an active member of AFCEA, NVTC, and the Air Force Association (AFA).

Karen Dickey, CPA, MBA

Karen Dickey, Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer

Karen Dickey is responsible for corporate finance, accounting, DCAA compliance, M&A, and treasury management. In her CFO role, Ms. Dickey manages the company’s financial health, oversees sound budgeting and accounting practices, and ensures compliance with all federal, state and local government financial/accounting regulations. Ms. Dickey joins CENTERPOINT with over 30 years of accounting and finance experience in roles that have included corporate accounting, financial reporting, governance, and M&A.

The majority of Ms. Dickey’s career has been spent with Washington, D.C.-area government contractors, including QinetiQ North America, Professional and Scientific Associates (PSA), Serco, IDL Solutions (now CACI), and Primescape. Ms. Dickey is a Certified Public Accountant, and received her Bachelor’s degree from Marymount University and her MBA in Business Administration from Virginia Tech.

Tony Ambegaoker, CISSP, PMP, MBA

TONY AMBEGAOKER, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Chief Technology Officer

Tony Ambegaoker is the Chief Technology Officer for CENTERPOINT, a Virginia-based technology company delivering the next generation in cybersecurity services and solutions. Mr. Ambegaoker is responsible for the strategic direction of the company’s integrated technology solutions. Mr. Ambegaoker leads multi-disciplinary teams to solve problems with innovative solutions for government clients.

Mr. Ambegaoker is an innovative leader in cybersecurity, big data and analytics, and has a diverse background in cybersecurity and software engineering. Mr. Ambegaoker holds numerous industry certifications including CISSP, CSM, MCSE, and a PMP. Mr. Ambegaoker holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Nisha Toskey

Nisha Toskey, Vice President of HR & FSO Vice President of HR & FSO

Nisha Toskey is Vice President of Human Resources and Facility Security Officer of CENTERPOINT. Ms. Toskey brings over 20 years of business experience to the CENTERPOINT team in the areas of Human Resources, Security, and Corporate Development. She is responsible for connecting the company’s everyday results with long-term strategic plans. Through her extensive experience, Ms. Toskey delivers strategic vision and insight in developing and implementing the company’s strategic plans, efficiency, processes and procedures to enable CENTERPOINT recruit and retain top talent.

Ms. Toskey is a results-oriented professional who keenly focuses on building high performance teams, reaching short and long term corporate goals. She has extensive experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Initial Public Offerings, and stock option planning. Ms. Toskey holds a B.A. in Communication and Sociology from Virginia Tech, is an active member of the Society for Human Resource Management, and is certified as a Facility Security Officer by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Shaun Khalfan, CISSP, CEH, MBA

Shaun Khalfan, Chief Cybersecurity Advisor Chief Cybersecurity Advisor

Shaun Khalfan is Chief Cybersecurity Advisor of CENTERPOINT, a Virginia-based technology company delivering the next generation in cybersecurity services and solutions. Mr. Khalfan is a member of CENTERPOINT’s senior management team, and is responsible for carrying out the company’s vision and guiding its cyber strategy. Mr. Khalfan is also tasked with enhancing CENTERPOINT’s operations and delivery capabilities.

Shaun previously served as the Chief Information Security Officer and senior cybersecurity executive for the largest law enforcement agency in the country, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He led the development and execution of cybersecurity strategy and was responsible for aligning security initiatives with enterprise programs and business objectives. Prior to CBP, Shaun’s positions included cybersecurity leadership with the Department of the Navy (DON), the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and the Navy Military Sealift Command.

Shaun serves as an advisor on federal technology committees, is a fellow with the American Council for Technology, and is an adjunct professor at George Washington University. He received his MBA from George Washington University and is a graduate of the University of Maryland. He is also a graduate of the DoD Executive Leadership Development and DHS Executive Capstone Programs.

Alex Silva

Alex Silve - Director of Business Operations Director of Business Operations

Alex Silva is CENTERPOINT’s Director of Business Operations. He joined the company at its inception in 2014 to support the business development activities of the company. In November of 2016, Mr. Silva was appointed Director of Business Operations to lead Corporate Communications, Recruiting, and Proposal Support.

Prior to CENTERPOINT, Mr. Silva was Membership and Communications Coordinator for a DC Area-based trade association where, among other accomplishments, he helped produce the largest food processing trade show in the Americas. Mr. Silva has served as Board Vice Chair-Social Media of Young AFCEA Bethesda, and has been an active member of the govcon community, including AFCEA, NVTC, and WashingtonExec. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, and a MicroMasters Certificate in Cybersecurity from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

GSA OASIS SMALL BUSINESS

GSA OASIS Small Business (Subcontractor)

Ordering Information: orders@centerpoint.biz or (703) 880-8741 x100

Ordering Period: May 20, 2014 – May 19, 2024

As a subcontractor to Credence, CENTERPOINT has the ability to offer core professional services to support all Federal missions, including:

Program management
Management consulting
Scientific
Engineering
Logistics
Financial management

Features and Benefits

When agencies use the OASIS contract, they sign on to a one-of-a-kind, flexible, full-service contract vehicle that delivers a number of benefits to the agency, while driving down costs. Using OASIS:

Enables agencies to concentrate on missions rather than the acquisition itself
Minimizes unnecessary proliferation of interagency and agency-wide IDIQ contracts
Reduces lead time and administrative effort to acquire complex professional services
Ensures accurate Small Business subcontracting credit through the establishment of Pools based upon size standard, and ensures appropriate size standard for each task order
Maximizes Small Business opportunities
Provides reduced protest exposure under $10 million
Focuses acquisition on 40 pre-qualified companies for each Pool
Offers an innovative tiered access fee, ranging from 0.1 percent – 0.75 percent based on obligation level

For detailed information on how CENTERPOINT can meet your needs using this contract, please contact us here or at (703) 880-8741 x100.

NGA ESMARTS

NGA ESMARTS (Subcontractor)

Ordering Information: orders@centerpoint.biz or (703) 880-8741 x100

Ordering Period: March 28, 2016 – December 31, 2017

NGA is a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency and a member of the National Intelligence Community (IC). NGA develops imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for U.S. national defense, homeland security, and safety of navigation. NGA’s mission is to provide timely, relevant, and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security. The NGA Vision is Know the Earth…Show the Way. The services performed under this acquisition will assist NGA in accomplishing its mission and vision.

The ESMARTS program objective is to acquire the technical, management and support services required by the NGA Key Components (KC) and Offices for accomplishing its mission and vision. These requirements are defined in separate KC Consolidated SOWs, and support generally falls under the following labor categories:

Business Continuity Planner
Corporate Communications
Counterintelligence (CI)
Functional Specialist/Advisor
GEOINT Technical Support
Information Assurance Specialist/Advisor
Information Technology Web and Multimedia
Office Management/Staff Officer Support
Planning, Policy and Business Analysis
Process Improvement Engineer/Specialist
Program/Project Management
Security Computer Investigator
Security Polygrapher
Security Specialist
Software Configuration Analyst

GSA CYBERSECURITY SERVICES

GSA CYBERSECURITY SERVICES SCHEDULE / HACS SINs 132-45A-D

Contract No.: GS-35F-515DA

Ordering Information: gsa@centerpoint.biz or (703) 880-8741 x100

Ordering Period: September 30, 2016 – September 29, 2021

GSA awarded CENTERPOINT four (4) Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) Special Item Numbers (SINs) on IT Schedule 70 to provide agencies quicker access to key, pre-vetted support services that will expand agencies’ capacity to test their high-priority IT systems, rapidly address potential vulnerabilities, and stop adversaries before they impact their networks.

GSA SCHEDULE 70 for Cybersecurity Services provides many unique features and benefits to government agencies, including:

Access to a pool of technically evaluated cybersecurity companies
Rapid ordering and deployment of services
Reduction in open market ordering and contract duplication
Cybersecurity/Acquisition support resources from GSA
Template Statements of Work for numerous cyber services
GSA experts who will advise federal agencies on procurements
Quick-start ordering procedure on the Acquisition Gateway
And much more

CENTERPOINT’s Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) SINs are a set of specialized cybersecurity offerings for federal, state, and local governments, as follows:

132-45A Penetration Testing is security testing in which assessors mimic real-world attacks to identify methods for circumventing the security features of an application, system, or network.

132-45B Incident Response services help organizations impacted by a Cybersecurity compromise determine the extent of the incident, remove the adversary from their systems, and restore their networks to a secure state.

132-45C Cyber Hunt activities are responses to crisis or urgent situations within the pertinent domain to mitigate immediate and potential threats. Cyber Hunt activities start with the premise that threat actors known to target some organizations in a specific industry, or specific systems, are likely to also target other organizations in the same industry or with the same systems.

132-45D Risk and Vulnerability Assessment teams conduct assessments of threats and vulnerabilities, determine deviations from acceptable configurations, enterprise or local policy, assess the level of risk, and develop and/or recommend appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and non-operational situations. This SIN offers the following services:

Network Mapping
Vulnerability Scanning
Phishing Assessment
Wireless Assessment
Web Application Assessment
Operating System Security Assessment (OSSA)
Database Assessment
Penetration Testing

Click here for more information about CENTERPOINT’s GSA Cybersecurity Contract.

Click here for general information on GSA Schedule 70 HACS SINs.

GSA IT SERVICES

GSA SCHEDULE 70 for IT SERVICES / SIN 132-51

Contract No.: GS-35F-515DA

Ordering Information: gsa@centerpoint.biz or (703) 880-8741 x100

Ordering Period: September 30, 2016 – September 29, 2021

CENTERPOINT’s multi-disciplinary IT Services Schedule contract under SIN 132-51 provides government agencies the ability to acquire quality, effective and cost competitive IT Services. Services available from CENTEPOINT include:

Cybersecurity services not covered under SINs 132-45A-D
Data Analytics
Systems Architecture
Software Engineering
Network Engineering
Mobile Solutions

Features and Benefits

Various services critical to organization security
Competitive prices and discounts
Flexible contracting and streamlined ordering
Compliance with federal cybersecurity guidelines
Access to small business credit
Template Statements of Work for various IT services
Expert support from acquisition and technical experts

And much more

NIH CIO-SP3 SB

NIH CIO-SP3 Small Business

Ordering Information: orders@centerpoint.biz or (703) 880-8741 x100

Ordering Period: July 15, 2012 – July 14, 2022

The NIH Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) contract is a ten (10) year Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) contract with a $20B ceiling.

CIO-SP3 provides IT solutions and services, including health and biomedical-related IT services to meet scientific, health, administrative, operational, managerial, and information management requirements. The contract also contains general IT services, since medical systems are increasingly integrated within a broader IT architecture and therefore require a systems approach to their implementation and a sound infrastructure for their operation.

Task areas support and provide consistency with the accountability goals of the Federal Health Architecture (FHA), whereby federal agencies are able to coordinate effective capital planning activities and invest in and implement interoperable health IT. CENTERPOINT is a prime contractor for the following CIO-SP3 Task Areas:

Task Area 1: IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences, and Healthcare
Task Area 2: Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support
Task Area 5: IT Operations and Maintenance
Task Area 6: Integration Services
Task Area 7: Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance
Task Area 8: Digital Government
Task Area 9: Enterprise Resource Planning
Task Area 10: Software Development

Penetration Testing

CENTERPOINT’s certified penetration testers and ethical hackers apply advanced offensive techniques that mimic real world attacks. With these reality-based scenarios, we readily identify methods that would be attackers could use to circumvent the security features of applications, systems, or networks. We conduct penetration testing as a controlled attempt to achieve a specific, attacker-simulated goal using the attacker’s techniques, hardware and software tools.

Our penetration testing provides system owners the ability to test their confidence in their security posture and bring to light the level of effort required for adversaries to breach system safeguards. At the end of penetration testing, CENTERPOINT delivers a penetration test report indicating if and how security was breached and recommendations for remediating identified vulnerabilities.

Incident Response

After an intrusion, you must respond swiftly and effectively. We provide you the expertise in data collection and correlation to:

Determine the extent of the incident,
Remove adversaries from systems, and
Restore systems to a secure operational state.

Our teams collect intrusion artifacts and use the data we discover to mitigate potential Computer Network Defense incidents within the enterprise. We also perform command and control functions in response to incidents and correlate incident data to identify specific vulnerabilities, make recommendations, and implement solutions that enable swift and effective remediation.

Cybersecurity Engineering

Experience in cybersecurity, innovative solutions and engineering talent: these three critical components prepare CENTERPOINT’s teams to face and defeat today’s most daunting cyber threats. We engineer cybersecurity architecture and solutions with emphasis on system resilience, compliance, and early identification of vulnerabilities. As we work diligently to secure your systems, we will:

Engineer cyber architectures by applying cyber modeling and simulation techniques in the form of attack scenarios, along with system faults and failures that, when applied, determine the survivability and resilience of systems’ mission critical functions.
Engineer cyber solutions with a focus on both effectiveness and compliance, ensuring that core cyber security principles are incorporated from day one of design development. This upfront integration of embedded cyber security technology and compliance checkpoints, coupled with early security testing, allows our clients to identify threats and risks before they manifest.

Cyber Hunt

Today’s threats demand a more proactive role in detecting and isolating sophisticated attacks. We enable you to locate and eradicate entrenched threats through dynamic and adaptable hunting techniques of hypothesizing, collecting intrusion artifacts, and correlating data. In the end, we help you find and eradicate any cyber threads lurking in the darkness of your digital environment.

CENTERPOINT Cyber Hunters respond to crisis or urgent situations to mitigate immediate and potential threats. Our Cyber Hunters start with the hypothesis that threat actors known to target organizations or systems that are similar to those of our clients are likely to also target our clients. We use information and threat intelligence specifically focused on the proximate incident to identify undiscovered attacks and eradicate them from systems.

Risk & Vulnerability Assessment

CENTERPOINT’s teams of assessors conduct risk and vulnerability assessments to determine clients’ exposure to threats and vulnerabilities as a result of deviations from acceptable configurations and policies. We assess the level of risk, and develop recommendations for appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and non-operational situations.

During risk and vulnerability assessments, our teams conduct:

Network mapping;
Vulnerability scanning;
Phishing, wireless, web application, operating system security, and database assessments;
and more, as dictated by the system or threat.

We perform all assessment activities with an eye towards identifying and mitigating any and all vulnerabilities that may expose our clients to unintentional or intentional security breaches.

Centerpoint Cybersecurity Lifecycle Management & Enterprise Mobile Solutions

Cybersecurity Lifecycle Management & Enterprise Mobile Solutions

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CENTERPOINT Leadership Team

Baly Ambegaoker, MBA

Ed Silva

Karen Dickey, CPA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer

Tony Ambegaoker CISSP, PMP, MBA
Chief Technology Officer

Nisha Toskey
Vice President of HR & FSO

Shaun Khalfan, CISSP, CEH, MBA
Chief Cybersecurity Advisor

Alex Silva
Director of Business Operations

Janis Richards, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSK
Senior Director of Cybersecurity

The CENTERPOINT Story

Why Work for CENTERPOINT

Benefits

Openings

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Secure. Resilient. Vigilant.

Cyber Solutions

Contract Vehicles

Certifications

Clients

Penetration Testing

Cybersecurity Engineering

Risk & Vulnerability Assessment

Incident Response

Cyber Hunt

Contracts

GSA CYBERSECURITY SERVICES

GSA IT Services

GSA OASIS

NIH CIO-SP3

NGA CRMA

HUBZone

Wosb

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Clients

About Us

Mission

CENTERPOINT Leadership Team

Baly Ambegaoker, MBA

Ed Silva

Karen Dickey, CPA, MBA Chief Financial Officer

Tony Ambegaoker CISSP, PMP, MBA Chief Technology Officer

Nisha Toskey Vice President of HR & FSO

Shaun Khalfan, CISSP, CEH, MBA Chief Cybersecurity Advisor

Alex Silva Director of Business Operations

Janis Richards, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSK Senior Director of Cybersecurity

The CENTERPOINT Story

Why Work for CENTERPOINT

Benefits

Openings

News & Updates

News

Events

GSA
IT Services

GSA
OASIS

NIH
CIO-SP3

Karen Dickey, CPA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer

Tony Ambegaoker CISSP, PMP, MBA
Chief Technology Officer

Nisha Toskey
Vice President of HR & FSO

Shaun Khalfan, CISSP, CEH, MBA
Chief Cybersecurity Advisor

Alex Silva
Director of Business Operations

Janis Richards, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSK
Senior Director of Cybersecurity