{"id":304,"name":"Patrick Layton","url":"","description":"PATRICK LAYTON is vice president of managed IT services and partner at Impact Networking and executive director of the board at DOT Security. With more than 25 years of experience in managed IT and cybersecurity, he draws from his expertise of network and systems administration for enterprise-level companies including UPS, government organizations, and several dot-com startups. Since joining Impact in 2014, Layton formalized the company\u2019s managed IT department and full-service MSP program, employing more than 350 IT professionals across all Impact locations.\r\n\r\nMost recently, Layton developed a team to drive the creation of Impact\u2019s managed cybersecurity department providing advanced security to customers. He played a pivotal role in the inception and launch of DOT Security, a managed security service provider (MSSP) spun off of Impact Networking in 2021. The MSSP operates out of a state-of-the-art Security Operations Center (SOC) which Layton helped design. He has been a visionary leader and proven innovator at DOT Security, advising its cybersecurity service improvements and writing the business plan. After eight years at Impact, during which he built the managed IT team from scratch and turned it into the department that produces over half of the company\u2019s revenue, Layton was named partner in March 2022.","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/author\/patrick-layton\/","slug":"patrick-layton","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4b6776d3e781949abc94dfc599627b1?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4b6776d3e781949abc94dfc599627b1?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4b6776d3e781949abc94dfc599627b1?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}