About — CRYPTOISAC

Advancing security initiatives
across the crypto ecosystem

As digital asset and web3 technologies gain worldwide adoption, trust, security, and operational simplicity grow in importance

And yet, the crypto industry faces similar challenges to traditional finance, with security breaches, evidenced by the weekly occurrence of significant hacks targeting various aspects of the digital asset ecosystem.

Individual entities and governments are playing a vital role in identifying malicious actors and protecting consumers. However, effective response strategies to security incidents require swift collaboration between stakeholders

The Crypto ISAC is designed to facilitate this collaboration by sharing information, including indicators of compromise, and the tools, tactics and procedures of threat actors.

The Crypto ISAC was formed to address these threats and secure the future of crypto via:

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Industry Knowledge

Our team comprises industry and government experts who bring a wealth of specialized knowledge to address crypto-specific security challenges, ensuring solutions are both practical and effective.

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A best-in-class Intelligence Program

Our information sharing platform is designed specifically for threat sharing communities and leverages AI and machine learning to deliver best in class prevention solutions, facilitate real-time collaboration, threat analysis, and incident response.

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Ethical, Vetted Information Sharing

We meticulously vet all memberships, data inputs, and threat intelligence to provide accurate and actionable insights, helping members stay informed about emerging threats and vulnerabilities.

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Strategic Partnerships for Innovation

We work closely with relevant authorities and cryptosecurity experts to stay ahead of the curve, ensuring our practices not only meet current standards but also drive innovation in the crypto space.

We commit to fostering:

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Trust

Fostering trust among vetted industry and public sector leaders by swiftly identifying and neutralizing threats, preventing future breaches.

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Neutrality

Operating as a neutral conduit for secure, unbiased information exchange through our robust platform.

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Quality

Delivering superior tools and a secure network for timely, high-quality information sharing, supporting our members in navigating the security landscape effectively and lawfully.

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Collaboration

Enabling unified efforts to tackle major challenges within the crypto-security sphere

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Resiliency

Empowering the industry to present a united front against cyber threats, enhancing system-wide safeguards to elevate individual security measures.

Board of Directors

Justine Bone

Justine has been a leader in cybersecurity and cryptography for more than 25 years. She served as CISO at Bloomberg, LP, where she founded the information security group, as CEO of offensive security company…

Justine has been a leader in cybersecurity and cryptography for more than 25 years.
She served as CISO at Bloomberg, LP, where she founded the information security group, as CEO of offensive security company Immunity, Inc., and as CEO of medical security research firm MedSec, where her work led directly to FDA recalls of implantable medical devices. She has served for years as a member of the Blackhat Review Board and Blackhat’s CISO Summit Advisory Board, and as Head of Infrastructure and Information Security at Dow Jones, where Justine led cloud transformation and information security. She has advised several Fortune 50 companies and continues to serve on the Advisory Board of HP. Other companies Justine has advised include Redjack, Decentraweb, Emergent Security, and Drawbridge Networks. In her early career, Justine served as a security researcher at New Zealand's GCSB, which seconded her to the NSA, and then joined the ISS X-Force as a security researcher.
Justine holds dual USA and New Zealand citizenship. She and her husband, along with their children, live between their homes in Miami Beach, Ormond Beach, New York City and New Zealand.

Ed Felten

Ed Felten is Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Offchain Labs, and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He previously served at the White House as …

Ed Felten is Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Offchain Labs, and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He previously served at the White House as Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and currently serves as a member of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. He has published about 200 papers in the research literature, and two books, on topics including information security, privacy, and technology policy. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a Fellow of the ACM.

Jared Gdanski

Jared Gdanski is the Founder and CEO of Evertas, where he has led Evertas’s technical development and underwriting, as well as secured multiple rounds of funding from top investors;

J. Gdanski is the Founder and CEO of Evertas, where he has led Evertas’s technical development and underwriting, as well as secured multiple rounds of funding from top investors; he is a security, privacy, and risk expert. J is also a founder of CryptoISAC. Prior to launching Evertas, he was a leader in the enterprise blockchain space and was one of the first to work on institutional custody for crypto. In this capacity, he served as an early, significant contributor to blockchain consortia including R3 and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, of which he was a founding member. He was an integral part of the first enterprise blockchain RFP and has worked on numerous blockchain-based systems. He was the first dedicated hire in the space for a bulge bracket bank and the world’s largest custodian bank and has presented to regulators, legislators, politicians, and business executives, including from Fortune 50 companies.

Jeff Lunglhofer

Jeff Lunglhofer is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Coinbase. In his role, Jeff is responsible for all aspects of Cyber Strategy, Operations, Engineering, and Architecture as well as Trust & Safety for Coinbase …

Jeff Lunglhofer is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Coinbase. In his role, Jeff is responsible for all aspects of Cyber Strategy, Operations, Engineering, and Architecture as well as Trust & Safety for Coinbase retail and institutional customers. Jeff’s responsibilities go beyond traditional infrastructure and finance - extending into web3 and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) where Jeff’s Blockchain Security team and Unit 0x team of blockchain researchers work tirelessly to secure the entire crypto ecosystem.
Prior to joining Coinbase, Jeff served as the CISO for Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon). In his role, Jeff was responsible for designing, implementing, and nurturing a world-class cybersecurity program providing comprehensive cybersecurity operations and engineering services across the entire BNY Mellon enterprise. Jeff grew a team of over 500 cybersecurity professionals spanning operations and engineering disciplines ranging from Cyber Threat Intelligence and Adversary Hunt teams to a global Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategy, engineering and operations team. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Jeff led Booz Allen Hamilton's Commercial Cyber Financial Services and Cross-Sector Cyber Incident Response (IR) Practices. Jeff enjoys spending his free time outdoors in the mountains of rural Virginia where he pursues his hobby as an amateur lumberjack and sawmill operator.

Himanshu Kalra

Himanshu Kalra is Chief Operating Officer at Red Balloon Security, a leading cybersecurity solutions provider and research firm that specializes in the protection of embedded devices across all industries.

Himanshu Kalra is Chief Operating Officer at Red Balloon Security, a leading cybersecurity solutions provider and research firm that specializes in the protection of embedded devices across all industries. Himanshu brings almost 20 years of business experience to this role- having worked with founders, investors, technologists, and academics to build and scale businesses in fast-moving, high-performance cultures. He has worked in a variety of businesses, across different sizes/stages of companies, and with management teams with varying levels of leadership experience. Himanshu's most recent experiences have been focused on VC-backed growth stage companies, including Chief People Officer roles at Compass (tech-driven real estate brokerage) and Capsule (healthcare/pharmacy technology). Himanshu's prior leadership experience includes a variety of global Human Resources and Talent Management roles at Blackstone, PIMCO, and Citigroup. His specific leadership responsibilities have included coaching CEOs; managing board relationships; building out leadership teams; scaling recruiting functions; driving organizational effectiveness; and, rewards strategies. Himanshu earned graduate degrees in organizational behavior with honors from INSEAD and Cornell University, and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology, India. He is based in NYC.

Dan Guido

CEO and founder of Trail of Bits, has dedicated his career to addressing software security challenges through cutting-edge research. Prior to Trail of Bits, Dan was the Hacker in Residence at NYU…

CEO and founder of Trail of Bits, has dedicated his career to addressing software security challenges through cutting-edge research. Prior to Trail of Bits, Dan was the Hacker in Residence at NYU where he taught courses in offensive software exploitation, consulted at iSEC Partners (now NCC Group), and worked as an incident responder for the Federal Reserve. In recognition of his accomplishments, Dan was inducted into the SFS Hall of Fame by DHS CISA in 2021.

Shahar Madar

Shahar Madar is VP of Security & Trust Products at Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain.

He is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Fireblocks platform and ensuring the highest standards of security for all Fireblocks customers. This includes providing customers with strong security mechanisms to prevent and detect attacks effectively, as part of their day-to-day operations. With more than 15 years’ experience in cybersecurity R&D and Product Management, Shahar was previously VP of Products at Paragon, a mobile security company. Prior to that, he spent eight years at Unit 8200 of the Israeli Military Intelligence as Director of Security Research, eventually founding and leading a team of 25 security researchers in cutting-edge cybersecurity research. Before joining the army, Shahar was a hobbyist developer and tinkerer, building, breaking, and studying code since he was 10 years old. Shahar holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Nick Percoco

Nick Percoco is Chief Security Officer at Kraken, responsible for the frameworks and protocols so Kraken can provide a secure and seamless trading experience for its clients. With over 27 years' experience …

Nick Percoco is Chief Security Officer at Kraken, responsible for the frameworks and protocols so Kraken can provide a secure and seamless trading experience for its clients. With over 27 years' experience in the security and technology spaces, Nick has designed and implemented a range of security solutions that keep millions of employees and clients across a wide range of sectors safe to this day.

Sigal Mandelker

Sigal Mandelker joined Ribbit Capital in April 2020. Prior to Ribbit, she served as Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department and as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.

Sigal Mandelker joined Ribbit Capital in April 2020. Prior to Ribbit, she served as Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department and as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. As Under Secretary, Sigal supervised four main components of Treasury (OFAC, FinCEN, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes). Before serving at Treasury, Sigal was a partner at Proskauer in New York. Sigal also previously served in a number of senior positions in the U.S. government, including as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, an AUSA in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Counselor to Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, and as a law clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sigal is also an Advisor to Chainalysis, has sat on the Boards of the Crypto Council for Innovation and the Financial Technology Association, served as Co-Chair of the Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) task force on FinTech, Crypto, and National Security, is a Member of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council, serves on the Museum’s Executive Committee, and is the Chair of Museum’s Collections & Acquisitions Committee. Sigal is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Matt Sorg

Matt is a product and tech leader who has helped multiple businesses scale. Starting with League of Legends, Matt went on to found two successful startups, one of which was on Blockchain and …

Matt is a product and tech leader who has helped multiple businesses scale. Starting with League of Legends, Matt went on to found two successful startups, one of which was on Blockchain and the other a hearing aid company. This diverse tech background put Matt in the position to learn many aspects of releasing and securing software. Matt’s current focus as the VP of Technology for Solana Foundation is enabling apps that users love by facilitating the Solana protocol development and accelerating the ecosystem while keeping consumer protections top of mind.

Marlys Rodgers

Marlys Rodgers is Chief Information Security Officer at Circle, where she leads security for the global financial technology company helping move money at internet speed. Marlys has over 25 years of experience…

Marlys Rodgers is Chief Information Security Officer at Circle, where she leads security for the global financial technology company helping move money at internet speed. Marlys has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry across fintech, insurance, credit card and banking. Before joining Circle, she served as CISO and Head of Technology Oversight at CSAA Insurance Group (AAA Insurance). Prior to that, she was Head of Information Security and IT Oversight at PayPal. She also spent 17 years at American Express with Vice President roles in End User Computing and Enterprise Operational Risk. She is passionate about driving diversity in Technology and serves as Vice President for the Alliance of Technology and Women, Southwest. She received the 2022 Globee Cyber Security Global Excellence Award and Gold for Women in Security and the 2021 Security Executive of the Year from the Cybersecurity Global Excellence Awards.

Mark D. Young

Mark D. Young is an authority on advanced technology and its application to public and private environments. He led the development, implementation, and oversight of U.S. security policies, plans, and operations for the past 25 years.

He is the Chief Risk Officer at Consensys Software Inc., the global leader in web3 software. He previously founded an advanced artificial intelligence platform that evaluates the reliability of online news media for the information and financial business sectors. In the public sector, Mr. Young served as the Executive Director for Plans and Policy at U.S. Cyber Command. He drafted and executed strategy, policy, and doctrine for all types of cyberspace operations. He was an advisor to the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and led the Command’s interagency interactions on multiple National Security Staff working groups. Before Cyber Command, he was the Special Counsel for Defense Intelligence on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House of Representatives. Mr. Young served more than 12 years at NSA and is a former Naval Aviator flying the Grumman E-2C Hawkeye. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Norwich University in 1992 and a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College in 2002. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2006. Mr. Young is a member of the Maryland Bar and has published in multiple legal journals. He is a Senior Advisor at the Digital Dollar Project, an Ambassador for Security and Resilience for the Global Business Blockchain Council, and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Become a Member

For inquiries, partnerships, or any other matter, please feel free to reach out to us at Crypto ISAC. We welcome the opportunity to explore how we can support your goals and initiatives in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. Contact us to discuss how we can potentially collaborate and contribute to your digital journey.

FAQ

The Crypto ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) is a not-for-profit organization uniting leading crypto organizations to tackle security challenges. We strive to create a trusted and resilient crypto ecosystem by curbing malicious activities, sharing intelligence, and fostering collaboration.
Membership is open to organizations committed to improving the security of the crypto ecosystem. We welcome exchanges, custodians, blockchain protocols, regulatory bodies, and other relevant industry stakeholders willing to work together to enhance trust and security.
As a member of Crypto ISAC, you'll have access to:
- A trusted hub for unbiased security information
- Actionable threat intelligence curated by our Security Center of Excellence
- Adaptive resilience measures for emerging threats and shifting policies
- An expert community for knowledge sharing and collaborative security efforts
We operate as a neutral conduit, thoroughly vetting memberships, data inputs, and intelligence. Our secure platform provides reliable information and actionable insights while safeguarding members' proprietary information.
We work closely with government agencies and regulatory authorities to identify and counteract malicious actors. Through strategic partnerships, we promote effective and lawful information sharing to strengthen industry-wide security practices.
Members receive regular intelligence reports, alerts on emerging threats, and opportunities to participate in webinars, workshops, and best-practice sharing forums. We also provide tools to facilitate effective incident response and enhance security practices.
Beyond our member services, we share educational resources, promote industry standards, and offer public-facing reports to increase awareness of the evolving threat landscape. Our goal is to build a safer crypto ecosystem for all participants.
To learn more about joining or collaborating with Crypto ISAC, please reach out via our Contact Us page, or email us directly at contact@cryptoisac.org. We're happy to assist with any inquiries you may have.

Advancing security initiatives across the crypto ecosystem