Lighthouse Computer Services, a Lincoln-based firm recently named among the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the country by Inc. magazine, has spun off a subsidiary that will focus on the booming IT security market.

Lighthouse Security Group LLC will work to help organizations protect their computer systems and data from security risks, said David Sylvestre, the company’s vice president of marketing...

...Lighthouse recruited Eric Maass, an IT security expert at Lockheed Martin, to lead its new security practice...Maass said he would apply U.S. Department of Defense-level security measures to Lighthouse’s commercial clients...

...Lighthouse Security Group is drawing heavily on Maass’ contacts in the defense community...Lighthouse’s security team also will work closely with IBM Internet Security Systems, a new IBM acquisition focused on intrusion detection and prevention, securing companies from hackers, viruses, worms and other network penetration, Sylvestre said.