Author: Danny Gershman

Danny Gershman is the Founder and CEO of Radius Method with over 28 years of experience building secure, scalable, and distributed systems for defense, intelligence, and regulated enterprise sectors. A pioneer in the space, he specializes in transforming how organizations develop and secure software in high-trust environments, bridging the gap between DevSecOps and the emerging ModSecOps discipline.

As CEO of Radius Method, he leads the team behind Crystal Tower—an AI-native software factory already deployed in programs like TRMC,  Purpose-built for Zero Trust and ModSecOps, Crystal Tower enables IL5/IL6-grade mission delivery, agent-based development, and AI model governance across hybrid and classified domains. His core competencies include Zero Trust Architecture, cross-domain security, and compliance automation.  He is also an expert in cognitive security, which focuses on securing AI prompts, model outputs, and autonomous agent behavior.

Previously, Danny served as a Principal Engineer on the Air Force’s Platform One and led cloud security engineering for Kessel Run. His experience also includes advising HHS/CMS on their Zero Trust strategy and contributing to mission simulation platforms for defense AI/ML programs.

Beyond his executive work, Danny is a dedicated advocate for the future of secure software development. He co-hosts the Before the Commit podcast, exploring AI cognition and real-world DevSecOps/ModSecOps transformations, and serves on nonprofit boards focused on policy, digital rights, and cybersecurity. Passionate about systems that think before they act, he is committed to advancing cognitive security, zero trust, and resilient infrastructure for the AI era.

From the Fall 2025 Issue

AI-Powered Software Factories: Accelerating The Mission in the Era of Great Power Competition

Author(s):

Danny Gershman, Founder and CEO, Radius Method

In December 2020, the cybersecurity world was rocked by the discovery of the SolarWinds breach, a sophisticated supply chain attack that compromised thousands of organizations, including critical U.S. government agencies. It was a stark reminder that in the 21st century, the frontlines are not just geographical—they are digital. Today’s conflicts are waged in cyberspace, where … Read more

From the Winter 2024 Issue

UNISQUATTING IDN HOMOGRAPH ATTACKS

Author(s):

Danny Gershman, Founder and CEO, Radius Method

Unisquatting (a portmanteau for Unicode cybersquatting) or the Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) homograph attack is a fairly new type of mechanism that builds on several other types of Domain Name System (DNS) address attacks. The typosquat (Uniform Resource Locator (URL) hijacking) attack relies on being able to register a domain name very closely resembling another … Read more

From the Summer 2018 Issue

Moving Target Defense with Polymorphic Applications

Author(s):

Danny Gershman, Founder and CEO, Radius Method

Danny Gershman Moving Target Defense

While the internet has existed for several decades, it’s only in recent years that security has become a popular concern. Cybersecurity tools and products now are a multi-billion dollar industry. Security engineers and executives continue to mitigate risk by trying to accurately quantify where their organizations might be vulnerable. Measuring security risk is hard. Typically, … Read more