As a United States Air Force Cyber Warfare Operator, Eric Capuano, Recon CTO, envisioned a simulation range for training and preparation. Finding no useful alternatives, he built his own and shared it at BSides events. There, he met like-minded colleagues just as passionate as he was.

In 2015, Eric formed Recon as a consulting business; the name was inspired by his experience working on Air Force reconnaissance drones. In 2018, Eric, Bob, and Whitney founded Recon InfoSec as a corporation and committed full-time.

By 2019, we have more than quadrupled in size, hosted OpenSOC as a DEFCON Black Badge Event, and provided training at BlackHat. We also host a global competition of the world’s best Incident Responders and Security Operations teams, SOC X. We count elite military cyber protection teams and Fortune 50 companies as clients. We serve customers in banking, critical infrastructure, financial/investment services, public utilities, commercial construction, school districts, senior care facilities, craft-brewing, internet retail, and local government. Our success has come, in large part, from investing in our team and hiring passionate experts. We believe nothing is more inspiring for talented professionals than collaborating with other innovators.