2011 Symantec Government Symposium

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Gary R. Galloway has been the Deputy Director of the Office of Information Assurance (IRM/IA) since May 2007. He also is serving as Acting Director of IRM/IA's Enterprise Risk Division. Prior to arriving in IRM/IA, Mr. Galloway was Deputy Director and Director for Business Technology of the Office of eDiplomacy from April 2003 - May 2007, serving as Acting Office Director from July 2005 - January 2006. He has been an employee of the Department of State since 1986 and has been with the Bureau of Information Resource Management since 1996.

Mr. Galloway brings extensive knowledge of the Department's IT infrastructure and a full understanding of the application of technology to IRM/IA's mission of protecting the Department's information systems and networks. Mr. Galloway began his career with the Department of Interior and worked briefly at the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Labor prior to coming to State. He came to the State Department as a programmer analyst in the Bureau of Resource Management, rising to the position of Director of Systems Operations in 1993. His tenure in IRM began as a Senior Policy Advisor to the first Chief Information Officer in State, followed by tenure as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy CIO for Architecture, Planning and Regulation.

Mr. Galloway is the recipient of numerous Department awards, including the Superior Honor Award in 2006 and the Meritorious Honor Award on multiple occasions. Mr. Galloway is an active member of the American Council for Technology (ACT) and a graduate of the prestigious Industry Advisory Council (IAC) IT Partners Program, winning the Outstanding Partner of the Year award for the Class of 2006. He is also a member of the Government Advisory Panel for IAC's Information Security and Privacy Special Interest Group and the Symantec Government Symposium Advisory Board, in addition to serving as the Government Vice-Chair for the ACT-IAC 2009 Management of Change Conference. Mr. Galloway serves as a mentor for the ACT-IAC Voyager Program, and the Department of State Civil Service Mentoring Program. He is also a member of the Montgomery County Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors. Mr. Galloway is a member of the Association for Federal Information Resources Management, serving a co-chair of the eAFFIRM committee and has been a guest speaker for the American Electronics Association (AeA) and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).

Mr. Galloway earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was awarded a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy with an Information Strategies Concentration from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University. He is a native of Washington, D.C. and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife, Monroe, and son, Reginald who is a student at Princeton University.

Mr. Howard leads the NRC's Computer Security Office reporting directly to the Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Management and Chief Information Officer, and provides vision, leadership, and oversight in developing and implementing NRC's agency-wide information technology (IT) security program.

Mr. Howard has over 35 years of experience in the security industry, and has worked in the computer security field for the past 18 years. Since 2005, Mr. Howard has been the CISO at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where he managed HUD's enterprise-wide IT security program. He led HUD to a first ever "A+" score on Congress' 2006 Federal Information Security Management Act Report Card and was recognized as a 2007 Fed 100 winner for his accomplishments in government IT. Prior to joining HUD, Mr. Howard was employed by the Titan Corporation supporting the Department of Transportation (DOT) where he served as the DOT's Certification and Accreditation Program Manager. Mr. Howard is co-author of the Total CISSP Exam Prep Book, and authored Building and Implementing a Security Certification and Accreditation Program. Additionally, his Beyond Compliance: FISMA Principles and Best Practices is set for publication in March 2011.

Mr. Howard received a B.A. degree in History from the University of Oklahoma and a M.A. degree in International Relations from Boston University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Certified Information Security Manager. He is also a member of the Federal Systems Security Governance Board and the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium's Government Advisory Board. He also serves as an adjunct professor in information assurance at Walsh College, Troy, Michigan.

Cynthia M. Mack is vice president of the Enterprise Mission Operations (EMO) line of business (LOB) for of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems' Cyber Systems Division. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., the company provides end-to-end mission and cyber solutions in systems integration, development and operations support to customers in the defense, intelligence, maritime, space and homeland communities.

The Cyber Systems Division provides best-in-breed systems integration, development engineering and support, cyber situational awareness, digital forensics, and cyber analytics to the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, the Department of Homeland Security and Fortune 500 companies.

Under her leadership, the EMO LOB is the prime contractor at the Department of Homeland Security's United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) program since its launch in 2003, General Dynamics provides expertise and domain experience in protecting ".gov", the nation's Internet infrastructure.

Ms. Mack has over 20 years of experience within the Intelligence Community and over 15 years of combined service in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserves as an Intelligence Analyst. Before joining General Dynamics, she was vice president of the Identity Solutions Operation focusing on biometrics and identity management solutions for government and commercial customers with SAIC. Prior to this Ms. Mack supported the Operational Support Office of the National Reconnaissance Office with Booz Allen and Hamilton. She began her civilian career at GTE supporting the Intelligence Communications Architecture program.

Ms. Mack is a 1982 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a 1989 graduate of the Joint Military Intelligence College.

Charles L. (Chuck) McGann, Jr. is the Corporate Information Security Officer for the United States Postal Service (USPS). In this capacity, he has the responsibility of securing an intranet that is the largest maintained by any organization in the world with over 185,000 workstations and more than 20,000 servers. In August of 2000, McGann was selected to create the Postal Service's Computer Incident Response Team. He is also responsible for all security vulnerability assessments, intrusion prevention, and detection functions.

In his 22 years with the Postal Service, McGann has held numerous positions, entering as Manager, Information Systems for the Springfield, Massachusetts district, and later served as acting postmaster, business systems analyst, business project leader, distributed systems security specialist and CIRT manager.

McGann came to the Postal Service from the private sector with a varied background, including local politics, IT experience in healthcare and manufacturing, and law enforcement.

McGann holds an MBA from Strayer University, a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts, and two associate's degrees from Springfield Technical Community College. He is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP), a certified information security manager (CISM) and holds a certification for information assurance methodology (IAM) from the National Security Agency (NSA).

Max Peterson is vice president and general manager for federal civilian agencies and intelligence sales for Dell Federal. Mr. Peterson is responsible for serving the information technology needs of federal clients and federal systems integrators using Dell's full suite of products and services.

Mr. Peterson is a government industry veteran with over two decades of experience. He joined Dell in May of 2007. Prior to joining Dell, he was vice president, federal sales for CDW-G. Before that he was vice president of Public Sector for Commerce One. Mr. Peterson led Commerce One's efforts to assist government customers with design, implementation and operation of electronic commerce solutions.

Prior to this position, Mr. Peterson was vice president of Technology Solutions for GTSI where his organization was responsible for sales and delivery of hardware, software and service solutions to meet government's need for high-performance computing and secure networking.

In September 1993, Mr. Peterson co-founded Semaphore, Inc. and was vice president of business development through December 1996. He also held a number of management, sales and technical positions with IBM Corporation from June 1986 through August 1993.

Mr. Peterson earned both a bachelor's degree in finance and master's of business administration in management information systems from the University of Maryland. He is a member of the Industry Advisory Council and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.

Riley Repko is the founder of Trusted Cyber Solutions (TCS) a technical strategic advisory firm. He brings broad business and government expertise leveraging experience with both aggressive growth/leading-edge private-sector companies and working directly for the Defense Department as a military officer and senior civilian executive (SES). Offering a deep perspective on the inner-workings of federal cyber issues, current technologies and the gaps between leading-edge providers of private-sector cyber-security capabilities with government requirements & challenges. As a key architect for the cyberspace engagement clearinghouse, the roadmap between the public & private-sector communities, Mr Repko focuses on leveraging requirements with situational awareness to skill-sets globally. This market awareness and access, his demonstrated architectures on public and private-sector collaboration within the cyber security domain, active participation in major war-game environments and his technology integration expertise have enabled realistic operational solutions sought out by industry and government leaders globally.

He is a featured speaker at numerous cyber security and risk management events annually. Prior to founding this company, Riley served as a senior government executive (HQE) within the Department of the U.S. Air Force and supported the Office of Secretary of Defense engaging the private-sector's communities and their core competencies for the benefit of government leaders. Prior to this assignment, Riley spent 25-years in the private-sector working in executive positions in global business development, channel sales, P&L management with Oracle, Siebel Systems, TRW and CACI domestically and within the Asia-Pacific region. He has served on the boards of numerous public and private-sector companies and non-profit foundations. Furthermore, he has balanced his commercial career serving the US Air Force Reserves in numerous leadership roles and a combat deployment retiring as a decorated senior officer in 2006 with 27 years of military service.

Having a long history of working with innovative small and medium sized companies, Riley knows how to leverage his strategic insight to drive new business. A constant and responsive connector, he is most comfortable strategizing with key industry decision-makers and at the highest levels of government, between other leading-edge cyber solution providers, venture capitalists, and the R&D community on requirements found within both the public and private-sectors. Riley Repko is a USAF Air War College graduate, has an MBA with honors from the Bill Greehey School of Business, St. Mary’s University, TX and holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and a BS degree in Physics/Math with honors from St. Bonaventure University, NY.

Dr. Ron Ross is a senior computer scientist and Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His current areas of specialization include information security, testing and evaluation, and risk management. Dr. Ross leads the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Implementation Project, which includes the development of security standards and guidelines for the federal government, contractors, and the United States critical information infrastructure. His recent publications include Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 199 (security categorization standard), FIPS Publication 200 (security requirements standard), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53 (security controls guideline), NIST SP 800-53A (security assessment guideline), NIST SP 800-37 (security authorization guideline), and NIST SP 800-39 (enterprise risk management guideline). Dr. Ross is the principal architect of the Risk Management Framework that provides a disciplined and structured methodology for integrating the suite of FISMA security standards and guidelines into a comprehensive enterprise-wide information security program. Dr. Ross also leads the Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative Working Group, a joint partnership with NIST, the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and the Committee on National Security Systems to develop a unified information security framework for the federal government.

In addition to his responsibilities at NIST, Dr. Ross supports the U.S. State Department in the international outreach program for information security and critical infrastructure protection. Dr. Ross previously served as the Director of the National Information Assurance Partnership, a joint activity of NIST and the National Security Agency. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Dr. Ross served in a variety of leadership and technical positions during his twenty-year career in the United States Army. While assigned to the National Security Agency, he received the Scientific Achievement Award for his work on an inter-agency national security project and was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal upon his departure from the agency. Dr. Ross is a three-time recipient of the Federal 100 award for his leadership and technical contributions to critical information security projects affecting the federal government and is a recipient of the Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medal Awards. Dr. Ross has been inducted into the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Hall of Fame and elected to the grade of ISSA Distinguished Fellow. Dr. Ross has also received several private sector awards for cyber security including the Vanguard Chairman's Award and the Symantec Cyber 7 Award. During his twenty-year military career, Dr. Ross served as a White House aide and as a senior technical advisor to the Department of the Army. Dr. Ross is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College and holds both Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the United States Naval Postgraduate School.

GiGi Schumm is Vice President and General Manager of Symantec's Public Sector organization. In this role, Ms. Schumm leads all sales, strategic, and operational functions associated with Symantec's Public Sector business - working with US Federal, State, and Local governments as well as education institutions to improve their ability to protect and manage critical information. Specifically, she oversees sales, business development, alliances, program management, services, marketing, government relations, and contracts.

Immediately prior to her present position, Ms. Schumm led Symantec's Government Security Group to bring comprehensive and long-term security solutions to the US public sector in cooperation with government organizations, integrators and other leading security vendors. In her 11-year tenure at Symantec, Ms. Schumm has served in a variety of leadership roles including Southeast Areas Sales, Emerging/Acquired Technology Sales, and Americas' Services. She first joined Symantec in 1999 via the acquisition of Axent Technologies.

Prior to her time with Symantec, Ms. Schumm held management and sales leadership positions with notable IT hardware and software companies, including Sun, Oracle, and Tektronix. She maintains active memberships with the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), the public sector Industry Advisory Council (IAC), and the Executive Women's Forum (EWF). Ms. Schumm holds a BA from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

David has more than 23 years of government, military, and business experience developing and implementing policy to support technical IA operations in telecommunications management and leadership, strategic and crisis planning, signals intelligence, and information technology. A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), he has extensive experience leading cutting-edge vulnerability assessments and penetration tests against U.S. government national security-related networks and in managing IA testing laboratories and complex networks at multiple classification levels. David is also a recognized expert on his government's implementation of Public Key Infrastructure and "Red Team" operations.

David holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science Degree in Telecommunications from the University of Maryland University College. He and his wife Margaret live happily in Great Falls, Va., with their ever expanding family of seven children.

Randy Vickers is the Director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (U.S.-CERT) within the National Cyber Security Division at the Department of Homeland Security. As the Director for the U.S.-CERT, Mr. Vickers is responsible for the operational mission of the U.S.-CERT. U.S.-CERT is responsible for analyzing and reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities in Federal networks, disseminating cyber threat warning information, and coordinating incident response activities.

Additionally, Mr. Vickers partners with law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including the FBI, DIA, NSA, and CIA, on intelligence gathering, technical analysis, computer crime investigations, and prosecution of individuals or organizations involved in compromising U.S. Government assets.

Prior to U.S.-CERT, Mr. Vickers served as the Chief of the Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DOD-CERT) at the Joint Task Force, Global Network Operations. In this role, he led a team of technical experts focused on Net Defense operational reviews of all enemy actions against DoD Networks. He conducted threat level assessments, correlated network incidents across the DoD Global Information Grid, and developed DOD-wide security countermeasures and implementation strategies.