# Scott McCrady

> Scott McCrady is the founder and CEO of SolCyber, a Dallas-based managed security services provider that emerged from stealth in July 2021 with a $20 million Series A led by ForgePoint Capital. An engineer by training with more than two decades in networking and cybersecurity, McCrady previously ran Symantec's global MSSP business and built out FireEye's Global MSSP and System Integrator business before launching SolCyber to bring enterprise-grade managed security to the mid-market.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at SolCyber Managed Security Services
- **Organizations:** SolCyber, Symantec (previously), FireEye (previously), SonicWall (previously), Dell (previously)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Founded and leads SolCyber, backed by $20M Series A from ForgePoint Capital, Built Symantec's Asia-Pacific-Japan business from zero and ran the global MSSP division, Established FireEye's Global MSSP and System Integrator business pre-IPO

## Career timeline

- **early 2000s** — Began cybersecurity career installing Nokia security appliances and architecting early SOCs
- **2000s-2010s** — Spent roughly a decade at Symantec building the Asia-Pacific/Japan business, eventually running the global MSSP - one of the largest in the world at ~500 employees and six SOCs
- **2010s** — Joined FireEye pre-IPO to build the Global MSSP and System Integrator business
- **2010s** — Helped spin SonicWall out of Dell into a profitable standalone company
- **2021-07** — Launched SolCyber out of stealth with $20M Series A led by ForgePoint Capital

## Achievements

- Founded and leads SolCyber, backed by $20M Series A from ForgePoint Capital
- Built Symantec's Asia-Pacific-Japan business from zero and ran the global MSSP division
- Established FireEye's Global MSSP and System Integrator business pre-IPO
- Helped spin SonicWall out of Dell into a profitable independent company

## Latest updates

- **2021-07** — SolCyber emerges from stealth with $20M Series A led by ForgePoint Capital
- **2022-07** — Appeared on Smashing Security podcast episode 283 discussing modern MSSP

## Links

- Website: https://solcyber.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmccrady
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SolCyberMSS
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/32CVGJ3v5Q8

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Last updated: 2026-07-08