Clay Parikh
Election Security Expert
Clay has 20 years of experience in cyber security, information assurance. He has performed and led teams in Vulnerability Management, Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) and system accreditation. He has supported both
civil and department of defense agencies within the U.S. government as well as international customers, such as NATO.
He holds a Master of Science in Cyber Security, Computer Science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Systems Major from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
In February 2007 he obtained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification and has
continually maintained good standing. He also holds the following certifications; Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
and Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI).
From 2008 to 2017 he worked part time in Voting System Test Labs (VSTL).
Has tested at least 7 different vendor's voting systems.
