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title: "Cloudskope Founder: 'You Have To Be The Most Resilient Person You Can Be'"
date: 2026-07-14
summary: "CRN quotes Nathan Phinney, COO of AllSafe IT, on Dipan Mann's keynote about resilience at XChange Security 2026 in Frisco, Texas."
outlet: "CRN"
source: "https://www.crn.com/events/2026/cloudskope-founder-you-have-to-be-the-most-resilient-person-you-can-be"
url: "https://nathanphinney.com/cloudskope-founder-you-have-to-be-the-most-resilient-person-you-can-be/"
author: "Nathan Phinney"
author_role: "COO, AllSafe IT"
author_url: "https://nathanphinney.com/about/"
same_as: ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanphinney"]
expertise: ["IT", "InfoSec", "Managed Services", "Cybersecurity", "Business Operations", "Technology for Escrow Companies", "Technology for Nonprofits"]
updated: 2026-10-10
---

CRN quotes Nathan Phinney, COO of AllSafe IT, on Dipan Mann's keynote about resilience at XChange Security 2026 in Frisco, Texas.

By Kyle Alspach, CRN, July 14, 2026, covering a keynote by Dipan Mann at XChange Security 2026 in Frisco, Texas. CRN printed Nathan's title as "Nathan Phinney, COO of AllSafe IT, a Pasadena, Calif.-based MSP" (as printed by CRN).

[Read the article at CRN](https://www.crn.com/events/2026/cloudskope-founder-you-have-to-be-the-most-resilient-person-you-can-be) (CRN: The Channel Company's IT channel publication)

## What Nathan said

CRN reported: Mann's account of resilience in his personal and professional life was heartfelt and resonated with many of those in the audience, according to Nathan Phinney, COO of AllSafe IT, a Pasadena, Calif.-based MSP.

> "he just confronted those challenges with integrity and grit,"

> "building something that matters is not a straight line"

> "in ways nobody warns you about."

[Read the original](https://www.crn.com/events/2026/cloudskope-founder-you-have-to-be-the-most-resilient-person-you-can-be)

## About the author

**Nathan Phinney**, COO, AllSafe IT.

- Co-founded Bright Bear Technology Solutions (2010 to 2020), which reached the CRN MSP 500 and Ingram Micro SMB 500 lists before its 2020 acquisition by Datapath.
- 17 SOC 2 initiatives across six companies, never an exception on an effort he led
- Member of InfraGard
- Member of the XChange Advisory Board, The Channel Company (2018 to 2022 and 2026)
- Author of _CTRL ALT SURVIVE: The Secrets of My Small Business Success_

Expertise: IT, InfoSec, Managed Services, Cybersecurity, Business Operations, Technology for Escrow Companies, Technology for Nonprofits.

Featured in: CRN (7 articles, 2019 to 2026), Backblaze, Bigleaf Networks, GTIA, Orange County Business Journal. See https://nathanphinney.com/press.md

Recommended on LinkedIn by Brook Porter (Partner and Co-Founder at G2 Venture Partners; previously at Kleiner Perkins, where he worked with Al Gore) and Tim Acker (Former channel chief at Lumen).

More: [About Nathan Phinney](https://nathanphinney.com/about.md) | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanphinney)