• Clear Ridge Defense Celebrates 10 Years of Cyber Excellence

    Clear Ridge Defense Celebrates 10 Years of Cyber Excellence

    April 20th, 2025 — Baltimore, MD — Clear Ridge Defense, LLC (CRD), a leading provider of cyberspace operations, cybersecurity, and intelligence services to the U.S. government, proudly marks its 10-year anniversary this month. Since its founding in 2015, CRD has grown from a small team of cyber professionals to a trusted partner supporting missions across the… Read More

  • Clear Ridge Defense Awarded $113M Prime Contract to Support USMC Cyberspace Operations

    Clear Ridge Defense Awarded $113M Prime Contract to Support USMC Cyberspace Operations

    Baltimore, MD – July 30, 2024 – Clear Ridge Defense, LLC (CRD) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a prime contract to provide comprehensive cyberspace operations and support services to the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER), Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group (MCCYWG), Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber (JFHQ-C) (Marines), and Marine Corps… Read More

  • Clear Ridge Defense Awarded Prime Contract to Support CYBERCOM’s J7 Cyber Adversary Tactics Office

    Clear Ridge Defense Awarded Prime Contract to Support CYBERCOM’s J7 Cyber Adversary Tactics Office

    BALTIMORE, Md. — Clear Ridge Defense CRD recently announced their award of a prime contract to support U.S. Cyber Command’s Exercise and Training Directorate J7, Cyber Adversary Tactics Office CATO. The contract’s total value if all options are awarded could total approximately $25 million. CATO is regarded as a highly technical, outstandingly capable team that… Read More

  • CRD Renews ISO 9001:2015 Certification for Quality Management

    CRD Renews ISO 9001:2015 Certification for Quality Management

    Baltimore, MD – 9/12/2023 – This month, Clear Ridge Defense (CRD), a leading cybersecurity defense contractor in the Fort Meade community, renewed their International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certification. To achieve ISO 9001 certification, our company underwent a rigorous audit by an independent third party. The audit evaluated our quality management system against the… Read More

  • Clear Ridge Defense Supports Soldiers’ Angels Adopt-A-Family Campaign

    Clear Ridge Defense Supports Soldiers’ Angels Adopt-A-Family Campaign

    Baltimore, MD, Dec 23, 2022 – Clear Ridge Defense paired with the Soldiers’ Angels Adopt-A-Family holiday program to help veteran and deployed military families have a memorable Christmas season. Soldier’s Angels is a national non-profit organization that provides aid, comfort, and resources to veterans, military, and their families through a wide variety of support programs… Read More

  • Clear Ridge Defense Participates in Toys for Tots 2022

    Clear Ridge Defense Participates in Toys for Tots 2022

    Baltimore, MD, Dec 9, 2022 – For 75 years, the Marines have helped Santa collect over 600 million toys to be delivered to 300 million children.  Clear Ridge Defense answered the call to duty and collected 103 toys for the Baltimore area’s annual toy drive campaign.  Toys were collected at company social events throughout the… Read More

  • Baltimore Sun Names Clear Ridge Defense a Winner of the Baltimore Metro Area Top Workplaces 2022 Award

    Baltimore Sun Names Clear Ridge Defense a Winner of the Baltimore Metro Area Top Workplaces 2022 Award

    Baltimore, Maryland, December 11, 2022 – Clear Ridge Defense has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2022 honor by Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The confidential survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to… Read More

  • Clear Ridge Defense Announces Award of Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services with Certification of all Five Subgroups

    Clear Ridge Defense Announces Award of Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services with Certification of all Five Subgroups

    BALTIMORE, MD – On Aug 23, 2022, CLEAR RIDGE DEFENSE, LLC was awarded GSA Contract No. 47QTCA22D00CE under GSA Schedule Multiple Award Schedule, MAS.  The contract falls under the Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Number 54151HACS.  Clear Ridge was certified for all five subgroups which include High Value Asset Assessments, Risk and Vulnerability Assessments, Cyber… Read More

  • The Log4j Stress Test

    The Log4j Stress Test

    The past three weeks have been what some cyber professionals are considering the greatest stress test of systems security of the decade.  This crisis is in response to the log4j vulnerability, a vulnerability that has gained unprecedented coverage in mainstream media and in public discourse. This exploit will have implications reaching across every industry, and… Read More

  • Clear Ridge Defense Announces Flexible PTO and Paid Juneteenth Federal Holiday

    Clear Ridge Defense Announces Flexible PTO and Paid Juneteenth Federal Holiday

    BALTIMORE, MD – Clear Ridge Defense announced this morning the launch of its Flexible PTO policy – a virtually unlimited Paid Time Off program to provide employees with maximum flexibility to get the rest they deserve while balancing the requirements of the clients and missions we support. Additionally, team members will receive an 11 th… Read More