About the Founder
Aegidis Systems is led by a founder who has spent nearly two decades across Army defensive cyber operations, enterprise cloud security leadership, Zero Trust architecture, and hands-on physical-digital systems development.
Founder Credibility Snapshot
- Army defensive cyber operations at CTNOSC / RCERT-South (Fort Huachuca, 2011–2014).
- Current Fortune 500 cloud security engineering leader with Zero Trust architecture delivery experience.
- CISSP, CCSK, and MS Cybersecurity; inventor on USPTO provisional #63/940,006 (filed December 2025).
Justin Brown founded Aegidis Systems to connect federal cybersecurity, physical security engineering, and prototype delivery under one founder-led technical model.
He entered the field in the U.S. Army, starting in tactical signals and transmission systems and expanding into network and systems work, including deployment to Iraq in 2008–2009. That led into three continuous years supporting Army defensive cyber operations at Fort Huachuca with CTNOSC / RCERT-South. The work was SCIF-based under a previously held TS/SCI clearance and spanned NIPR, SIPR, and coalition networks.
Since 2014, he has worked inside a Fortune 500 insurance carrier's security organization, moving from Senior Network Engineer through Lead Cloud Security Engineer to Manager of Cloud Security Engineering. His work has included firewall modernization, managed-service transition support, Zscaler ZIA/ZPA Zero Trust architecture, AWS cloud security engineering, and a Zero Trust Maturity Model program aligned to CISA ZTMM and NIST SP 800-207.
In 2025, he filed a provisional patent application on the Tessera architecture — a passive NFC physical-digital asset identity platform designed for ferrous environments, magnetic attachment, and cryptographically verifiable workflows. Public material describes the application categories and buyer value; detailed implementation parameters remain controlled as company background data.
CTNOSC / RCERT-South
- Three continuous years supporting Army defensive cyber at the theater level, spanning the organizational transition from CTNOSC to RCERT-South.
- SCIF-based work under a previously held TS/SCI clearance on NIPR, SIPR, and coalition networks used during OEF and OIF.
- Firewall migration work on classified infrastructure, including policy rewrite and cutover activity rather than a simple device swap.
- Contractor billets across the period included TEKsystems, AFMS Inc., and General Dynamics Information Technology.
Enterprise Security Engineering & Zero Trust
- Principal on enterprise perimeter firewall modernization from Cisco ASA to Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls.
- Core contributor to hybrid managed-service private cloud transition, including F5 proxy and Palo Alto firewall ownership boundaries.
- Principal engineer and architect on Zero Trust transition replacing legacy proxy and VPN infrastructure with Zscaler ZIA and ZPA.
- Primary driver of Zero Trust Maturity Model work aligned to CISA ZTMM and NIST SP 800-207.
- Current role: Manager of Cloud Security Engineering.
Tessera Architecture — Patent Pending
- Developing a patent-pending passive NFC platform for ferrous-surface physical-digital identity and verified event workflows.
- Application paths include Tessera Forge Series for consumer and tabletop gaming and Tessera Ordnance Series for industrial, LOTO, defense logistics, supply chain integrity, and tool control.
- Detailed implementation parameters, tuning decisions, material selections, and manufacturing process specifics are maintained as controlled company background data rather than public web copy.
Security at Every Layer
Effective security architecture operates at the physical layer, network layer, and governance layer — not just the policy layer.
Verifiable Events as a Design Requirement
The ability to prove that an event occurred is an architectural requirement, not a reporting feature.
Direct Access, No Intermediaries
Engagements are founder-led. The person who scopes the work is the person accountable for delivery.
Reach out for cybersecurity scoping, Zero Trust maturity discussions, manufacturing quotes, or Tessera pilot evaluation.