Our Certifications

Our Certifications

Aerstone sets itself apart with meaningful accreditations

The National Security Agency/Information Assurance Directorate (NSA/IAD) National Security Cyber Assistance Program (NSCAP) Vulnerability Assessment Service (VAS) accreditation was designed to meet the growing needs of the U.S. government, supplementing the vulnerability assessment and security scanning services that NSA/IAD provides to the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and other organizations as authorized and directed. The core objective of VAS accreditation is to recognize service providers that are available to supplement the internal capabilities of the owners, operators, and certifiers of classified and unclassified National Security Systems and qualified to provide rapid, on-site support services to National Security Systems owners and operators and Government Community Customers in vulnerability assessment. Aerstone is proud to be one of just five organizations verified under the NSA’s pilot NSCAP program.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has certified Aerstone as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Frank Schugar, Aerstone’s managing partner and majority shareholder, entered service at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO as a Private First Class (PFC) in the U.S. Army in April of 1990, and trained as a signals intelligence analyst. He was sent to language school to study to be a Hungarian linguist in 1991, and after a promotion to Specialist and then Sergeant, was selected in the summer of 1993 for Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (2LT) in January of 1994, and was ultimately promoted to the rank of Captain (CPT) four years later. Mr. Schugar left military service in September of 1999 to pursue interests in the private sector.

For more information about Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, visit the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.