SYRACUSE, NY – June 28, 2021 – Secure Network Technologies is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Ockenden as a Security Advisor. As a Fairport native who has worked in I.T. for thirty-four years Jim has racked up a very impressive resume. He received his B.S. from the School of Business at Nazareth College in 1983 and from there founded and sold several IT and related companies. Most recently Jim retired as a founding partner of iV4, Inc. a nationally recognized and leading IT consulting, managed services, security, and cloud company headquartered in Rochester, NY until being acquired in 2020 by ProArch.
Jim is currently a Trustee on the Board of Directors at Nazareth College and also serves on an advisory team for the School of Business and Leadership. He also serves as an instructor for Onward to Opportunity, a career training program for retiring veterans and their families through the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University.
Jim is a volunteer mentor for the Business Mentor NY program, the state’s first large scale, web-based, hands-on mentoring program geared to help entrepreneurs and established small businesses overcome challenges to grow their business. Secure Network Technologies is extremely excited to have Jim a part of our amazing team.
Secure Network Technologies is a team of Ethical Hackers, Intelligence Analysts and Information Security Engineers who put security technologies and networks to the test for the nation’s leading corporate and government entities. Where other security providers run conventional tests, we lead the warpath against malicious actors, giving us the cutting edge of experience and insight combined with proprietary and industry-leading technologies to secure your organization against its most present threats. Since 1997, Secure Network Technologies has been one of the fastest growing and highly publicized information security teams in the United States along with research articles published in Dark Reading, The Wall Street Journal, Tripwire Magazine and others.