Meet Our Team

Ben Craton, CISSP PMP

Founder, Principal Consultant

After nearly 20 years across development, operations, application security, and compliance, Ben founded SC2 as an intentionally solo vCISO practice - bringing practical security leadership to Lafayette-area organizations without the noise of a traditional consulting practice.
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Mason

Chief Mouser

Mason is an accomplished mouser and chronometer, keeping our staff free from vermin and knowledgable about if its snack time. Voted best dressed at the company party.

Dixon

Monitoring and Alert Specialist

Dixon is orange. His specialty is alerting the staff if there is a cybersecurity incident anywhere in the world.

Merlin

Assistant Special Counsel

Merlin is our senior FAANG analyst and was trained at an ISC² approved bootcamp. Due to language barriers he was unable to sit the exam and preferred to nap in the sun.