About Us
Continuums Strategies
I empower small to enterprise organizations to secure their business culture before an AI cyber-attack. I help businesses mature an AI-cyber-resilience mindset through: business culture readiness assessments & transformations, speaking engagements, strategic leadership engagements, lunch & learn/team-building workshops, and providing fractional-CISO/CTO services. My approach helps businesses improve AI adoption for operational resilience while collectively managing AI enterprise business risk.
Founder and CEO
Derrick A. Butts is executive cyber-resilience and digital transformation strategist. Proven background in leading, developing, managing, migrating, and architecting AI-offensive security information technologies, and cloud services with a focus on mission critical priorities. This includes recommending AI-technology strategies with enterprise companies to enhance Board/business communications, DevOps, cyber-resilience, operations, productivity, revenue generation, risk management, accountability, compliance, and cyber-awareness/readiness. Over 15 years of enterprise customer facing business development and selling of Internet-related technologies and telecommunication as a thought-leader to align business visions with innovative and enterprise continuity strategies. Extensive engagements with Boards, C-Level Executives, DoD Directors, and technical teams in the commercial sector, financial sector, government, healthcare, universities, and non-profits. I have 20+ years of meeting mission objectives domestically and 10 years internationally with best-of-breed technology solutions. Transformed enterprise environments with up to 700,000 employees and supported winning contracts up to $3.2B. Strong aptitude for implementing emerging technologies in a fast-paced environment while planning for organizational growth and AI-threats.
Derrick's leadership accomplishments include:
- partnering with CXO leadership to influence proactive planning, operational resilience, and cost savings.
- leading teams to implement strategic complex technology solutions to support short- and long-term AI digital transformation requirements along with maintaining global IT enterprise operations.
- helping businesses align cybersecurity policies and procedures to design and implement zero-trust architecture (ZTA) objectives (NIST SP 800-207) of the organization, its stakeholders, and a hybrid work environment.
- deploying logical, data-driven approach when outlining cybersecurity risks using various frameworks – MITRE ATT&CK, ISO 27001, ITIL, NIST- CSF/34/53/160, CIS – 18 Controls, and DoD 5000.02/8570 while engaging stakeholders.
- precise writer of briefs and presentations and polished public speaker - 2023-2024 InfoSec World Conference guest speaker and (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Congress guest speaker – 2017-2022 – Cybersecurity Resilience (SME).
- recognized by - Security Magazine - one of the ten Top Cybersecurity Leaders (2021) and SC Magazine/Media – one of the five top Chief Security Officers for the Year (2020).
Primary NAICS Codes:
541330 - Engineering consulting services
541512 - Network & Systems integration design/consulting services
541611 - Strategic planning consulting services, Business Continuity Management Consulting
541614 - Asset and process efficiency management
541618 - Telecommunications management consulting services
541690 - Cybersecurity preparedness consulting services
Mission
Continuums strategies focus is to create a cyber-resilience environment where:
Communication is the key to understanding...
Planning is the key to prevention...
Continuous feedback is the key to sustaining a resilience vision...
Continuums Strategies provides a suite of systems engineering support services, cyber-business continuity strategies and secure information technology (IT) infrastructure solutions to address business and operational challenges. We understand there are myriad business requirements within your corporate operations and the Federal Government. Therefore, we will help you optimize the efficiency of your business by focusing on:
Systems and Operational Business Process Analysis
Cyber-Business Transformation Planning Strategies
Secure Information Technology Solutions
Continuums Strategies has the resources and experience to work with corporate businesses, federal/state/local governments, higher education environments, and non-profits in today's complex environments with limited budgets. We identify and may offer consulting solutions to bridge operational gaps in your business networks, processes and workflows. Moreover, Continuums Strategies can help address and mitigate risks to business and government services while ensuring access to mission critical data for all personnel across their enterprise.