About Us

Helping businesses earn the trust of their customers.

Our mission is to help online businesses demonstrate that they're safe, legitimate, and worthy of their customers' confidence.

Shoppers arrive at unfamiliar sites with real concerns — about security, about whether a business is legitimate, about what happens to their personal information. We help businesses address those concerns visibly and verifiably, so the people who visit their sites feel confident enough to buy.

100,000+

Sites Certified

1+ Million

Sites Tested

Billions

Of Trustmark Impressions

12+

Years in Business

Our Story

From the start, our company has helped businesses build trust with their customers online.

In 2002, TrustedSite founder Ben Tyler developed ScanAlert, one of the first commercial website and web application vulnerability scanners. Sites with few issues earned the ability to display the HackerSafe trustmark, helping to grow trust among visitors and increase conversions.

In 2008, McAfee, under the leadership of TrustedSite founder Tim Dowling, acquired the company and rebranded it as the McAfee SECURE service, which quickly became one of the most familiar symbols of security and trust on the internet.

In 2013, Tim and Ben, along with other members of McAfee leadership, spun the operation out to form what would become TrustedSite, focusing fully on helping businesses earn and demonstrate the trust of their customers.

In 2021, the McAfee SECURE brand was retired and merged into the TrustedSite Certification service. Sadly, CEO and founder Tim Dowling passed away in 2022. Lisa Dowling and Todd Gebhart stepped in to lead the company forward.

TrustedSite remains dedicated to honoring Tim's legacy and to helping businesses and their customers build trust online — work we've been doing for more than 20 years.

TrustedSite achieves SOC2 Type 1 Compliance
SOC 2 Type II Compliant
PCI DSS Approved Scanning Vendor
PCI DSS ASV
Halo Security
Creators of Halo Security

Our leadership team

Lisa Dowling

CEO & Board Member

Lisa Dowling began her career as a marketing leader at companies such as HP and Mattel. She later founded Level5Projects, a construction owner's representation and project management firm for luxury real estate in San Francisco. She successfully ran the company for nearly 14 years with over $50 million in projects under management. In 2022, after Lisa's husband and TrustedSite's founder and CEO Tim Dowling passed away, Lisa stepped in with the help of Todd Gebhart to lead the company forward.

Ben Tyler

Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Ben Tyler created the groundbreaking Hacker Safe technology that paved the way for the McAfee SECURE service, and eventually TrustedSite's full suite of services. He brings decades of offensive and defensive security expertise to lead product development at TrustedSite.

Todd Gebhart

Acting Corporate Development Officer & Board Member

Todd Gebhart formerly served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for McAfee. Previously, Gebhart was co-president of McAfee, and he has more than thirty years of experience in the IT industry. Todd has served as a key board member for TrustedSite since its founding in 2013. With the passing of CEO and founder, Tim Dowling, in 2022, Todd stepped in to help with additional day-to-day operations.

Bill Kerrigan

Founder

Bill Kerrigan currently serves as Board Member at RadialPoint and as Executive Advisor to Abine. His career includes roles as President and CEO of Abine, President and CEO of RadialPoint, and as EVP of McAfee's Worldwide Consumer Business.

Nick Merritt

Vice President, Security Products & Services

Nick Merritt leads security for TrustedSite. Nick has more than 15 years of experience in securing network infrastructures. He has been publicly credited for his contributions to responsible disclosure of zero day vulnerabilities in mainstream software including Microsoft. Prior to joining TrustedSite, Nick was an integral member at OneLogin and Whitehat Security.

Nick Hemenway

Vice President, Marketing

Nick Hemenway leads the user experience, design and marketing at TrustedSite. He focuses on building easy-to-use interfaces and communicating complex topics in understandable ways.

In Memoriam

Tim Dowling

Founder and CEO from 2013-2022

Tim began his career coding and selling software for the first IBM PC. He went on to work for Intel in product management and marketing, and then found himself in internet security building the first web-oriented business unit for McAfee. He served as COO at OneLogin and CEO at Kenna Security (formerly Risk I/O), before founding TrustedSite in 2013. He led brand strategy and operations until 2022, when he passed away after a battle with ampullary adenocarcinoma, a rare pancreatic cancer.

Tim remains in our hearts and minds as we carry forth his vision. Rest in peace, Tim.

Join us.

We're looking for talented, ambitious people who want to build a better internet with us. Our team includes people with all sorts of backgrounds, from cybersecurity to film production. Whatever our role, we're all hardworking, driven, and creative. If this sounds like you, we’d love for you to join us.

While originally based in San Francisco, we now offer fully remote working opportunities.

Current Openings