Stanton Gatewood is the US Department of Homeland Security /CISA - Region 4 Cyber Security Coordinator/Advisor - State of Georgia. Gatewood is the former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of Georgia, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the University of Georgia.

He has more than 35 years of cyber security/e-privacy experience in cyber security program management and strategic planning, executive leadership, including the U.S. federal, state, local, territorial, tribal governments, higher education, and several top-10 global corporations.

Gatewood is also a USAF veteran and has also served as the Vice President for Information Technology and the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Albany State University.

Stanton has built 2 centers of excellence, (1) cryptography and (2) cyber awareness & training.