Behind the Shield

Behind the Shield- Episode 9In this episode of Behind the Shield, host Gary Daemer, CEO of InfusionPoints, sits down with Felisha Daemer, VP of Public Sector and one of the driving forces behind the company’s culture and growth.Felisha shares her personal journey from college intern to executive leadership — and how being “humble, hungry, and smart” became the foundation of InfusionPoints’ hiring...

Behind the Shield- Episode 7In this episode of Behind the Shield, we’re joined by Tim Sandage, Head of AWS Global Security & Compliance Acceleration, to explore how automation, AI, and platform-driven design are reshaping the future of cloud compliance.Tim sits down with Gary Daemer and Jason Shropshire of InfusionPoints to discuss the evolution from static audits to continuous validation—and...

Behind the Shield- Episode 6In this episode of Behind the Shield, Jason Shropshire and Gary Daemer connect history, innovation, and compliance. What can the fall of Constantinople teach us about modern cybersecurity and FedRAMP 20x?They explore why traditional “walls and moats” thinking no longer works in today’s cloud world, how compliance pipelines are changing the game, and why automation—not...

Behind the Shield- Episode 5 Meet our new VP of Customer Success, Jeff Bivens. Jeff shares his path from late-90s client-server to SaaS, through a Dell acquisition and multiple ATOs, to why he joined InfusionPoints now. We dig into how strong program management turns compliance into momentum, how FedRAMP 20x can lower barriers without lowering security, and why “customer success” in public sector...

Behind the Shield- Episode 4:FedRAMP 20x, KSIs, and the End of Screenshots (with Fortreum’s Ethan Troy & InfusionPoints’ Tanner Bailey)In this episode we explore how FedRAMP 20x is changing audits. Instead of relying on screenshots, auditors now focus on scripts, APIs, and code logic. Host Gary Daemer sits down with InfusionPoints’ Tanner Bailey and Fortreum’s Ethan Troy to talk about KSIs,...

Behind the Shield - Episode 3: Meet one of our hosts, Chad Spears (Director of Security Operations at InfusionPoints), as he sits down with Gary Daemer to talk about the journey from hands-on IT to leading a modern SOC, the power of automation, and how FedRAMP 20x is reshaping audits, evidence, and continuous monitoring.What you’ll learnHow a major ransomware event shaped Chad’s approach to...

Behind the Shield – Episode 2: In our first episode featuring a guest, hosts Jason Shropshire and Jason Redding sit down with a public-sector security leader, Said Syed, CISO Snyk for Government, to unpack the real story behind FedRAMP—from the messy early days and the shared-responsibility model, to today’s accelerated authorizations and the 20x roadmap. We cover hard-won lessons, how process...

Behind the Shield- Episode 1: In the premiere episode of Behind the Shield, hosts Gary Daemer (CEO of InfusionPoints) and Jason Shropshire (COO) share the story of InfusionPoints’ journey from its early federal and commercial projects to becoming a leader in cloud compliance and security engineering. They discuss how the rise of FedRAMP in 2012 pushed the team to pioneer automation,...