M.S., 政府资讯领导, 网络安全领导专场, and Chief Information Officer Master’s Certificate. 国防大学，2015
M.S.、资讯系统管理. 乔治梅森大学，2001年
B.S.海洋科学. U.S. 海岸警卫队学院，1995年
I joined the faculty at the 网赌上分平台 in October of 2020. I am a former Senior Program Manager for Akima, an Alaska Native Owned Corporation, and a retired U.S. Coast Guard senior officer with 25 years of technical leadership experience and background in strategic planning, 人员培训与发展, and delivering successful IT 操作, management and cybersecurity programs for Infrastructure Modernization and Contingency Operations.
我在萨拉托加斯普林斯长大, NY and spent much of my youth enjoying the outdoors of northern New York, 佛蒙特州, 和缅因州. 我毕业于美国大学.S. Coast Guard Academy and became a deck watch officer (ship driver) and law enforcement officer. As a young officer, I became immersed in secure voice and data communications. My first big project was a complete redesign of data delivery to Coast Guard cutters using encrypted high frequency radio systems (at 2400 baud!). My first operational command was a cutter operating with coalition forces in the Northern Arabian Gulf and Iraqi territorial seas during Operation Iraqi Freedom. I went on to command a cutter out of Sandy Hook, NJ, the Communication Station for Alaska, 北太平洋和轴承海, and finally the Coast Guard’s Enterprise IT infrastructure command. I served as a military Presidential Communications Officer for President Bush and President Obama, and I managed the office of the Coast Guard Cyber Commander and CIO.
In my free time I enjoy playing and coaching volleyball, 涉猎业余摄影, 参加体育赛事. 我的妻子, 小茉莉, and I have been married for 16 years and we have two teenage daughters, 安娜和莉莉, and a German Shepard/Lab mix named Cutter.
最近, I served as a Senior Program Manager directing a worldwide team and managing a $20 million annual IT Systems Support program for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 包括网络操作, Software Deployment and Release Management, 补丁部署, 配置管理, 企业IT支持(服务台), 本地桌面支持, 及第3层事故应变), Back-up and Disaster Recovery Services, 信息安全保障, Vulnerability and Cyber Hygiene Management.
我是美军的指挥官.S. Coast Guard’s IT infrastructure command, 监督工程, 操作, 生命周期计划, and cybersecurity for worldwide IT infrastructure supporting Coast Guard 操作. My command invested over $250 million annually to enhance and secure network infrastructure and information services in support of military and law enforcement missions on shore, 在海上, 在应急行动中.
I also led daily business 操作 for office of the U.S. Coast Guard CIO and Cyber Commander, 包括战略规划, 政策发展, and program management of enterprise information resources and cybersecurity for 55,000个用户.
While my career has been operationally and business focused for the last 25 years, my key interests fall in two overlapping areas: Cybersecurity as a risk management activity that directly supports business 操作, and public sector IT modernization and cybersecurity maturation.
At its foundation, cybersecurity is a risk management process. We can only say data is 100% secure if it is locked away where no one can access it, and a truly secure computer is one that is unplugged and off. Digital Information exists to support the daily 操作 and business goals of the enterprise. Cybersecurity leaders must be well versed in identifying, managing, and communicating risk. 小型企业, 地方政府, school districts and public utilities are making progress, but still have a great need for leaders capable of managing their 操作 in a technology driven world; a world where almost every activity depends upon information gathered, 存储, 并通过网络空间转移.
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彼得·范内斯, a lecturer of business management and coordinator of the M.S. 网络风险管理项目, discusses how consumers should be aware of scams and avoid clicking on links to unknown websites on Cyber Monday.