About
Built by an engineer who has run the plant, not just assessed it.
Blackbird Cyber was founded in 2026 to give critical infrastructure operators an OT security partner who has stood in a control room at 3 AM. We protect the water, power, fuel and defense systems that keep people alive and defended, and we keep them running while we do it.
Founder & principal engineerMatthew McManusB.S. Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
OT/ICS cybersecurity engineer with six-plus years securing critical infrastructure, industrial control systems and government networks. Designs and builds segmented control networks, Industrial DMZs, secure SCADA communications and ICS monitoring aligned to NIST SP 800-82, the Purdue model and NIST CSF. US citizen with an active Secret clearance.
Certifications
Credentials that map to the industry standard.
GIAC
GICSPGlobal Industrial Cyber Security Professional
GIAC
GRIDResponse and Industrial Defense
GIAC
GCTICyber Threat Intelligence
ISC2
CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
COMPTIA
CASP+ / SecurityXAdvanced Security Practitioner
COMPTIA
CySA+ · PenTest+ · Network+Analyst, penetration testing, networking
MSFT
Azure AdministratorAZ-104
ITIL
ITIL 4 FoundationPeopleCert · IT service management
Mission
[ 01 ]Availability is the first controlA security change that stops the process is a failure. We design inside outage windows and never scan live control networks.
[ 02 ]Operators firstWe speak to the people who run the plant before we speak to the people who fund it. Findings are written for both.
[ 03 ]Consequence over complianceStandards are the floor. We rank every gap by what it lets an adversary do to the physical process.