About BitGate ISS

Our mission

Too many organizations are told security is either impossibly complex or something a single product will solve. Neither is true. BitGate ISS exists to give businesses an honest picture of their risk and a practical path to reduce it, explained in plain language and sized to their budget.

Leadership

Mark Orzechowski, CISSP, CC — Founder & Principal Consultant

Mark brings more than 40 years of experience in information technology, spanning hands-on infrastructure engineering and security leadership. For the past 28 years he has managed the infrastructure and access for a large municipality in Upstate New York, and has 25 years of hands-on experience designing and managing VMware, Xen and Hyper-V virtualization environments, along with extensive experience in disaster recovery and preparedness. He holds a degree in Information Technology and certifications across the stack, from CompTIA A+, Microsoft MCP and MCSE, and Citrix to the ISC2 CISSP and CC. He completed the Cyber Leadership Program (CLP) from the Cyber Leadership Institute and ISC2, and holds nine Proofpoint certifications spanning email security, data security, AI security and security awareness.

He also holds a New York State DCJS Information Security certification, CJIS Security Policy certification and New Horizons Cybersecurity Advanced, and is currently pursuing the ISACA CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor). He is a member of ISC2 and its Central New York Chapter, and of InfraGard, the FBI’s partnership with the private sector to protect critical infrastructure.

What you can expect

• Vendor-neutral recommendations. We don’t resell products.
• Findings ranked by business impact, not just technical severity.
• Clear deliverables written for both leadership and technical staff.
• Confidential handling of everything we see in your environment.