FISSEA Executive Board
Board Nomination Form for 2009-2011 (MS Word)
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Term 2008-2010 Emma Hochgesang-Noffsinger, Maria Jones, Richard Kurak, Gretchen Morris, Lakshmi Narasimhan, Cheryl Seaman, Conference Director |
Term 2009-2011 Daniel Benjamin, Art Chantker, Terri Cinnamon, Susan Farrand, Susan Hansche, Chair John Ippolito, Mark Wilson, Assistant Chair |
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Other Contacts:
Peggy Himes, Diane Maier, (FISSEA Newsletter Editor) |
Patrick O'Reilly, (Webmaster) Loyce Best Pailen, (Workshops) |
Executive Board Biographies:
- Higher Learning Commission, a regional accrediting body, to develop and implement four degree programs related to Information Technology and Information Systems Security.
- Maryland Higher Education Council (MHEC) & Technology Council of Maryland (TCM) to obtain license to operate an institution of higher secondary education in the State of Maryland,
- State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to obtain license to operate in the State of Virginia.
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a bureau of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to issues I-20’s and bring International students (both F & M) into the US for post-secondary education.
- Department of Veteran’s Affairs (DVA) to obtain access to Veteran’s education benefits such as Montgomory GI Bill and Tuition Assistance.
- DC Unemployment for access to SkillSource and other unemployment funds.
- Virginia Unemployment for access to SkillSource and other unemployment funds.
Mr. Benjamin has a Masters degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and over fifteen years of experience providing Information Technology and Management education and consulting solutions in the public and private sectors. His clients include the White House, the U.S. Senate, the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Treasury (DoT), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Department of Education (DoEd).
As the Department Chair of Information Technology at the American Public University System (APUS), he started the Information Technology Department and architected degree programs that currently have almost 3,000 enrolled students. The Information Systems Security program has over 500 enrolled students.
He authored books on Java and Oracle that were published by Element-K Press (formerly Ziff-Davis) and McGraw-Hill/ Oracle Press. He made many winning presentations that have resulted in multi-million dollar contract awards.
He directed the team to develop the implementation strategy for President Bush’s CFO Act of 1990. He also implemented a SCORM compliant, learning objects based e-Learning solution in support of President Clinton’s Distance Learning Initiative.
He established successful Information Technology and Educational Operations at various companies. Many of his practices were cited for excellence. His practices and contract awards realized over $200 Million in revenues. His various roles included: President, Chief Academic Officer (CAO), and Chief Technology Officer (CTO); he is currently the Chair of the Department of Information Technology at APUS.
He facilitated various management and JAD workshops. He is a certified F.A.S.T. Facilitator and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
He also made successful applications, obtained approvals, and implemented the following University programs:
He is also an excellent instructor and uses humor effectively to communicate the principles of developing Information Technology and Management solutions.
Art Chantker is the President of Potomac Forum, Ltd., founded in 1982 as a non-profit educational organization, to provide training, seminars, conferences, and other educational events for government and industry partners. Art has also taught procurement and management of government information technology for over 30 years. Potomac Forum, Ltd. has taught thousands of government and industry executives, managers, and staff at numerous cities throughout the country.
Art is a retired executive from federal government service. During his government career he served in several executive leadership positions at the CIO and Director levels at the Departments of Education & Transportation, U.S. Marshals Service and the Office of Naval Research. He also managed a government-wide program for the National Institute of Standards and Technology where he authored a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication on Computer Selection.
He has been involved in executive leadership positions in numerous professional organizations and associations including twice elected as President of the Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) and currently serves as a Director. He is now the Vice President of the National Technology Education Council (NTEC), and was a previous Chair of the Industry Advisory Council Software Shared Interest Group and Vice President for External Affairs for the Asian American Business Roundtable. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Women in Technology. In 2006, Art was elected to the Executive Board of the Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association (FISSEA) sponsored by NIST and recently appointed to the Board of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association – Bethesda Chapter where he is a Vice President. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Sempercomm Foundation, a non-profit organization providing communications and entertainment equipment to the military service deployed in small groups at very remote locations throughout the world.
Additionally, Art is a frequent speaker, moderator, and session chair at conferences and seminars throughout the country and serves on numerous conference executive and planning committees. He has received many awards during his career including the prestigious AFFIRM Life Member Award. Art has a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Maryland, College Park and a M.S. in Management of Information Systems from the American University, Washington D.C. Art is proud to have served as a Captain in the United States Air Force.
Terri Cinnamon is the Director of Training, Education, Awareness and Professionalization for the Office of Information Protection and Risk Management at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Terri and her team work to provide annual Information Security awareness training for over 250,000 employees, contractors, students and volunteers throughout VA. She and her team have created professional development and certification programs for VA’s 400+ Information Security Officers and are currently working on a similar program for VA’s 250+ CIOs. She has been a trail blazer in crossing organizational boundaries to pioneer role-based training (RBT) programs that promote information security training to non-technical staff such as business managers, acquisition officers, researchers, HR professionals, and others.
A graduate from Wheeling Jesuit University, Terri joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1992. During her 17 years with VA, She has established a reputation within VA and across the federal community for leading innovative, practical, and effective information security training programs. Terri has been awarded the prestigious Government Information Security Leadership Award (GISLA), for “Distinguished service and commitment to excellence in implementing IT security programs” in 2006. She recently became a member of the Industry Advisory Council’s (IAC) Partners Program, class of 2008. Terri has hands on experience laying the foundation for various operational training initiatives, including taking the lead on using competency profiles and competency management functionality within the VA’s Learning Management System (LMS). She works industriously with a wide variety of groups, and has the leadership, communication, and teamwork skills to get things done.
Susan Farrand is currently the Director for Policy, Guidance, and Planning in the Office of the Associate CIO for Cyber Security, U.S. Department of Energy. She has more than 24 years experience with the Department in both Federal and contractor positions, specializing in cyber security, information architecture, and policy development. Ms. Farrand has an extensive background in training and curriculum development. She was a corporate trainer for Allstate Insurance Company, a curriculum developer for Sargent-Welch Scientific Company, and a classroom teacher.
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Ms. Susan Hansche, CISSP-ISSEP, is the director of Information Assurance Training Programs for Nortel Government Solutions in Fairfax, Virginia. She has over 18 years experience in the training field and has specific expertise in designing, developing, and implementing Information Assurance training programs for Federal agencies. For the past ten years the focus of her professional experience has been with information system security and building training programs that provide organizations with the expertise necessary to protect their information technology infrastructures. An additional expertise is in the understanding of the Federal information system security laws, regulations, and guidance required of Federal agencies. She is the lead author of “The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP Exam” (2004), which is a reference for professionals in the information system security field studying for the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) exam. Her second book “The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the ISSEP CBK” (2006) is a comprehensive guide to the Information Systems Security Engineering Model for designing and developing secure information systems within the federal government. Ms. Hansche has written numerous articles on information system security and training topics and has given many presentations at conferences and seminars.
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Ms. Emma A. Hochgesang-Noffsinger, Chief Information Officer Support Division, Information Management Directorate, Headquarters United States Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia has distinguished herself in a multiple Air Force assignments. Ms Hochgesang-Noffsinger began her Air Force career in 1970 as an active duty member of the United States Air Force assigned to the Communications Squadron at March Air Force Base, Riverside CA. Ms Hochgesang-Noffsinger transitioned to the civilian workforce in 1982, moving from Contracting to Administration directorates and serving in various positions prior to selection as the Director, 78th Air Base Wing, Information Management Division. Ms. Hochgesang-Noffsinger is known and respected as innovator and leader in managing electronic information and information management systems. She accepted appointment as Director of the Air Force Records Management Program in March 2003 where she developed the first Air Force Records Management Strategic and Tactical Plans to address electronic records and expedite an overdue move of records management into the 21st Century. Cited for her technical expertise and leadership developing, integrating, and implementing information systems, she was selected to lead implementation of Records Management in the Enterprise Information Management system.
Ms Hochgesang-Noffsinger is credited with shaping strategy and policy while driving standards, governance, innovation, and architectures for Air Force information systems. Her distinctive accomplishments culminate a distinguished career to her current position as Senior Policy Manager, Headquarters Air Force (HAF) Information Technology Plans and Policy, Headquarters Air Force Chief Information Office (CIO), Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/AA), Washington, D.C. Emma has a plethora of experience in information management/technology, strategic and tactical planning, acquisition, data management, requirements development, and logistics and a strong background in statistical and program analysis. A catalyst for transforming business processes using technology enhancements and process re-engineering, she currently manages the FISMA Program for HQ Air Force offices, serves as an information technology subject matter expert specializing in information technology, acquisition practices and procedures, policies, and plans relating to Automated Information Systems (AIS) and Clinger-Cohen Act requirements. Her position in the Headquarters Air Force Chief Information Officer Directorate, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF/AA), requires that she provide advice to senior leadership in the Air Force and DoD on major information technology programs with national scope, interest, and significance and critical enterprise-wide programs. She has broad experience with federal government and commercial technologies, best practices and technology trends, Agile Combat Support and Expeditionary Aerospace Force missions. Senior Advisor to the HAF CIO and liaison between Air Force and DoD leaders, she is a frequent speaker at government and industry forums on IT program management, business case development, performance management, business process improvement, architecture, standards, integration and interoperability.
John Ippolito received a BS degree in Information Systems Management, University of Maryland, 1970. Mr. Ippolito has more than 35 years experience in project management and in design, implementation, and evaluation of large-scale information systems. He has worked with almost every major type of computer and operating system. His Technical experience includes in-depth knowledge of computer and communications security and risk management and risk avoidance. He is a recognized expert in the application of Federal IT security law, policies, and guidelines and has served as an expert witness. He frequently participates on government-industry IT committees and has provided support to a variety of Federal agencies over his 35-year career. He is experienced in the design and review of systems and computer facilities. Mr. Ippolito helped develop and implement FISMA-compliant IT security programs for several federal agencies including the Nuclear Regulatory Agency and the Corporation for National and Community Service. He also participated with the Forum of Federal Computer Security Managers which wrote the guidelines for development of IT security plans that ultimately became NIST Special Publication 800-18 and was a named author of NIST Special Publication 800-16. During his government service, he assisted GAO in its initial efforts to standardize the audit/review procedures for IT systems.
Mr. Ippolito is a frequently requested speaker at government and non-government forums, presenting a variety of technical and managerial topics such as designing Internet based applications, selecting the right contract vehicle for IT services, quality assurance and configuration management approaches in client/server environments, and training needs of IT users and professionals. Mr. Ippolito was named Federal Information System Security Educator of the Year for 1997.
Maria Jones is a fourth-generation native Washingtonian with more than seven years of federal computer security program management experience, more than fifteen years of experience in Information Technology, and more than ten years training and education experience – all in the federal sector. Since 2001, she has managed the security program of the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Under the title of OSHA Computer Security Point-of-Contact, she has been deeply involved in agency compliance efforts across the entire spectrum of the seventeen security control families. Key areas of focus have included, but have not been limited to, system security planning, risk assessments, privacy impact assessments, system categorization, FIPS 199 categorization, contingency planning and testing, vulnerability scans and assessments, penetration testing, certification and accreditation of 100% of the agency’s major information systems, annual computer security awareness training, and annual role-based training for employees with significant security responsibilities.
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Richard is currently the Project Manager of NASA’s IT Security Awareness and Training Center (ITSATC). In this position, his team is responsible for acquiring, developing, and deploying the IT Security Training capabilities for NASA’s civil service and contractor workforce. Prior to taking on this role, he served as the Acting IT Security Manager for NASA’s Glenn Research Center. He managed the IT Security Program for NASA’s field Center in Cleveland, OH, and was responsible for the technical and programmatic IT security activities of the Glenn Research Center. This included reporting and compliance as mandated by OMB and FISMA. He has also served as the Deputy IT Security Manager. In this role, he was responsible for the Technical IT Security Program which implements and operates the firewall, IDS, incident response, and remediation aspects of IT security within the Center. Richard’s overall understanding of IT security, which has been developed over more than 20 years of service, coupled with his recent position as head of NASA’s ITSATC make him an excellent candidate to participate on the FISSEA Board.
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Mrs. Gretchen Ann Morris has fifteen years teaching and troubleshooting experience on a variety of software packages and hardware configurations. She has a solid and diverse background in computer software/hardware, electronics troubleshooting, training, course development, and management. Most recently, she has seven years experience with on-line course development. Training difficult concepts is her area of expertise. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Resource Management degree from Troy State University, and a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Counseling from Trinity Theological Seminary. She is a CISSP and earned the Master Training
Specialist designation while serving as a Navy Instructor. In her current position with DB Consulting Group as a Functional Analyst, she is a vital part of the NASA IT Security Awareness and Training Center team which supports over 55,000 users across the Agency.
Prof. Lakshmi Narasimhan obtained his Bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Electronics Engineering from the University of Madras and Indian Institute of Science respectively. He also obtained his Master’s and PhD degrees respectively from the Madras Institute of Technology (now part of Anna University) and The University of Queensland, Australia. He worked at his alma mater in Australia as a lecturer and senior lecturer and was also the Director of the PA3SE (Parallel Algorithms, Architectures And Software Engineering) Research Laboratory. In 1995 he moved to the Australian Defence and Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) as a Principal Research Scientist and was leading the program on Information Management and Information Fusion. He has been instrumental in initiating several key computer information systems projects with strategic clients within the Australian Defense Force, which have since led to the deployment of several mission critical systems at various customer sites. Later he moved to the USA, where worked as a full professor at the Computer Science Department, University of North Texas at Denton. Since early 2003, he was the Professor and Chair of Software Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Presently he is a Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at East Carolina University, USA.
Prof. Narasimhan has published over 180 papers in the areas of Software Engineering, Information security and Information Engineering. In particular, his research interests are in computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing, software testing, text & audio processing and mining, E-Commerce, Software process, asset management systems and Standards, and information management & fusion. His papers have appeared in such archival journals as the various IEEE Transactions and IEE Proceedings. Prof. Narasimhan was the founding chair of the IEEE Computer Society, Queensland Chapter and initiated the International Conference series ICA3PP (IEEE International Conference on Algorithms And Architectures) and acted as its Inaugurating Chair. He has also been the technical chair of two other conferences and has been on the technical panel of over 40 leading International Conferences. He has won $5 million in research funding from various funding bodies, institutions and industries. Currently his research interests are the areas of data and information security, large-scale system engineering, testing & visualization, Agent technology for Decision Support System design and distributed object computing. He has consulted to a number of industries and educational institutions on various IT and Software Engineering projects, including Boeing Aerospace, DoD in Australia and the USA and Assetricity Inc. He is also associated with two Co-Operative Research Centres (CRC on Construction Innovation and CRC on Integrated Engineering Asset Management). He was also the Director of the MESTEC Research Centre at the University of Newcastle, which specializes in the applications of mobile technology to medical information management and patient care. Prof. Narasimhan is a Senior Member of the IEEE, ACM, Fellow of ACS, IEAust and IEE (UK). He is a Technical Member (representing USA) of the Expert Panel of ISO (International Standards Organization) and MIMOSA (Machinery Information Management Open Standards Organization, USA).
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Cheryl Ann Seaman is a Captain in the United States Public Health Service. She holds a BS in Nursing from the University of Maryland, and an M.P.H from The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. She is responsible for all aspects of the NIH-wide information security training program. Cheryl has developed award-wining security courses, the code of which has be requested by entities throughout the world. She also serves in other major security roles related to oversight, policy development, incident response, and other review activities of the NIH Information Security Program. Prior to joining the NIH security team in 1998, Cheryl was the NIH Privacy Act Officer. Throughout her career, she has had extensive experience as a trainer and presenter, and has always had a special interest in creating novel approaches to traditional training. During her over 28 years at NIH, she has served in a variety of management positions in clinical, research and administrative environments and understands the importance of tailoring training (practical and relevant strategies) so as to engage the intended target audience.
Since coming to NIST in 1992, Mark has worked on computer security program management issues, including program management reviews, vulnerability analyses and other risk management issues, and security awareness and training.
Mark served as Editor for NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-16 - Information Technology Security Training Requirements: A Role- and Performance-Based Model - published in April 1998. He is a co-author of another NIST Special Publication (SP 800-50) - Building an Information Technology Security Awareness and Training Program - published in October 2003. He also co-authored NIST Special Publication 800-100 – Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers – published in October 2006. He is currently leading a team that is updating SP 800-16. He is also currently serving on the Information Systems Security Line of Business (ISS LOB) Tier 2 Role-based Training Working Group.
Mark also serves as the NIST Liaison to the Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association (FISSEA), has served on the FISSEA Executive Board for six years, including two years as the Assistant Chair of the Board, and is currently the Chair of the Executive Board.
Mark came to NIST from Norfolk, Virginia where he worked for ten years in the computer security field for two U.S. Navy organizations. He earned a B.A. in political science from Old Dominion University in Norfolk in 1983. Mark is a native of New Jersey and is a U.S. Navy and Vietnam Veteran.
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