Management Team

Russell Teague – Russell J. Teague is a seasoned enterprise information technology / security executive with over sixteen years of extensive experience. Mr. Teague has served in roles from Chief Security Officer to Senior Vice President of Global Information Systems and Technology for fortune 1000 financial services company.

Mr. Teague has been part of building the security industry serving in roles with IBM Global Services Security & Privacy, Cybertrust and Fannie Mae Security Division. Mr. Teague has been instrumental in developing strategic offerings and working throughout the security industry to help his clients leverage security to meet their business goals and objectives. Mr. Teague currently manages the Arsenal Security Group Practice located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mark Lippman – Mark Lippman is an experienced executive with over fifteen years leading security organizations at IBM, Cybertrust and L3 (formerly SMA, Inc). Mr. Lippman served as the Managing Principal for IBM Global Services’ Security & Privacy Practice leading a management team that served 8 of the largest 10 financial institutions in the US.

Mr. Lippman has led engagements with over 100 clients transcending almost every industry sector although his expertise is in the retail, distribution and government sectors. Mr. Lippman received his MBA at Wharton and currently manages the Arsenal Security Group practice located in Washington, DC. In addition, Mr. Lippman is a QDSP-certified auditor for the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards.

Michael Walter – Michael Walter is an information security professional with over ten years of industry experience. Mr. Walter has a Masters degree in Computer Science, three patents in information security, and a CISSP. He has presented at numerous conferences on issues including PCI-DSS, Social Engineering, Quantitative Risk, Building Security into the SDLC, and Best Practices in Intrusion Detection.

Prior to joining Arsenal, Mr. Walter worked as a Principal Consultant for Cybertrust and pioneered work in risk quantification. Before that, Mr. Walter worked for IBM in their Ethical Hacking department, Security Operations Center, and Security Intelligence department. Mr. Walter’s thesis work at the University of Colorado was behavioral profiling of hacker activity.

Mr. Walter is a certified Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) for the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards and currently manages the Arsenal Security Group Practice located in Denver, Colorado.

Tony Spurlin
Managing Principal
Arsenal Security Group

Mr. Spurlin has over 15 years experience in information technology, Information Security and Information Risk Management. He pioneered the development of Information Security processes and procedures developing enterprise-class repeatable processes and procedures to facilitate project teams and information security for a Fortune 10 retailer. He directed implementation of process development integrating this process into established corporate Solutions Development Lifecycle. During his tenure with the Fortune 10 retailer, he was responsible for leading a team of 24 engineers and architects focused on Information Security and an annual expense and capital budget of $40 million.

Mr. Spurlin has extensive experience in identifying business security needs and designing solutions to remediate these risks to an acceptable level for large enterprises. He has developed programs and lead teams in preparation for Regulatory Compliance audits, including Sarbanes-Oxley, Payment Card Industry Security Standards, Gramm-Leach Bliley, Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act, Federal Information Security Management Act and Annual Audits. Mr. Spurlin is considered an Information Risk Management Industry Thought Leader and is actively sought out by large corporations for consulting on how to setup their Information Risk Management programs.