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About | Don Ritzman
Don Ritzman serves as the
Chief Executive Officer
of Ghost Systems, Inc.
“Ghost continually
builds cybersecurity
solutions capable of
preventing attacks. We
invest heavily in R&D,
constantly updating
cyber-defenses using
modern techniques and
technologies to mitigate
cyber-attacks.”
maintain a holistic, future-proof
cybersecurity infrastructure – the
SafePlace Ecosystem™. It’s built to
the very highest modern standards
by a team of highly experienced
specialists, using the best-in-class
patented technologies that are robust
and secure.”
“To ensure we succeed in our
mission, the company uses six-sigma
processes. Where six-sigma doesn’t
fit our business processes, we use
company-developed processes
specifically tailored to our business,
instead.”
“Our key to successful execution
is smart, hard-working people
throughout the organization. With
these people in place, Ghost functions
like an efficient machine and
Don Ritzman, CEO
successfully executes programs that
meet our customers’ requirements.”
“As for what differentiates us
from our competitors, staff and
technology are Ghost’s two primary
differentiators. Ghost has a world-
class business and technology
team including several of the
finest developers of cybersecurity
technologies in the world today.
These team members include a
co-author of the Orange Book, a
distinguished cryptography and
identity expert, and the designer
of the first-ever distributed OTP.
It’s genuine to mention that our
technology is unmatched in the world
today.”
When discussing the worldwide
cybersecurity industry currently,
Mr Ritzman provides us with an
overview, going into detail about the
challenges and outside influences
that are affecting it.
“Cybercrime is the new pandemic.
Sophisticated cybercrime malware
is available to virtually anyone
who wants to use it for nefarious
purposes – it’s become a destructive
and potentially deadly commodity.
Five minutes on the dark-web and
you too can become a cyber-thief for
$1.40, a common-off-the-shelf (COTS)
computer with a dark-web browser
downloaded from the Internet at
no charge and a standard network
connection.”
“Adding to this problem are the
“nation states” which are investing
$billions to create new, more
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