Charles Illingworth, Technical Director and Lead Architect brings wide experience in cybersecurity tool creation, engineering management & architecture to the firm.  He has extensive expertise in offensive cybersecurity tactics & tooling and what is required to defend against them as well as a specialization in VPNs and cryptography. Prior to joining SDSE, he worked at a number of boutique engineering concerns developing the highest level of offensive tools for provision to Defense & Intelligence customers within the USG.