Todd Gilson, a resident of Stamford and Greenwich, Connecticut, is a senior security engineer and consulting entrepreneur recognized for blending hands-on cybersecurity execution with automation and emerging technology. A certified ethical hacker and EDR professional, he supports organizations with security programs that are measurable, repeatable, and built for rapid response. His academic background includes an information security degree with a Java programming emphasis from Pace University, along with a BS in sociology and a business administration minor from the State University of New York at Albany.
Mr. Gilson is the owner and CEO of GEST Precision LLC, a cybersecurity and technology consulting company he has led since 2013. Through the firm, he has delivered contractor and consulting services across the financial services, technology, and defense sectors. His early client engagement was with Bridgewater Associates in Norwalk as a senior technology consultant, followed by work at Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky in Stratford as a security technology consultant and at IBM Watson Research in Yorktown Heights as a senior security analyst supporting AI-enabled detection and forensic investigations. He currently consults as a senior security engineer at Voya Financial.
His core capabilities include vulnerability management, incident response, risk and compliance, penetration testing, malware analysis, and digital forensics, including work with platforms such as Splunk. He is also known for automation and cloud/AI integration, leveraging tools like PowerShell, Bash, CrowdStrike, Jira, Slack, Microsoft Purview, and AKS. He has been recognized for resolving a critical Tanium-related server issue at Voya and remains engaged in the cybersecurity community through events such as the 2024 Atlanta hackathon.
