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Leadership Team

The ATARC Cybersecurity Leadership provides direction, guidance, and support to the various groups of project team Leaders and members in the Cybersecurity Working Group, The Leadership team exists for the purpose of helping the project teams achieve their goals, and coordinate between cross-cutting topics.

Cybersecurity Leadership is continuously conceiving and developing new initiatives, such as the state and local cyber grant program. These initiatives are at various stages of maturity towards becoming independent Working Groups, please contact us with your specific interests. In these groups, we hope to address many further-future-looking ideas and concepts including cyber range exercises, higher education, healthcare, etc.

 

Thomas Santucci

Thomas Santucci

Government Co-Chair

General Services Administration

Michaela Iorga

Michaela Iorga

Government Co- Chair

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Annette Mitchell

Annette Mitchell

Government Co-Chair

Internal Revenue Service

Mike Nicholson

Mike Nicholson

Consultant Chair

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Retired

Tracy Bannon

Tracy Bannon

MITRE Chair

MITRE 

Aaron Lippold

Aaron Lippold

MITRE Chair

MITRE

Gabriel Irizarry

Gabriel Irizarry

Industry Co-Chair

IBM

Nicolas Chaillan

Nicolas Chaillan

Industry Co-Chair

Ask Sage

Christopher Cinnamo

Christopher Cinnamo

Industry Co-Chair

Zimperium

Eric Florence

Eric Florence

Industry Co-Chair

Veracode

Kevin Greene

Kevin Greene

ATARC Board Liaison

OpenText Cybersecurity

Tristen Yancey

Tristen Yancey

ATARC Board Laision

ZeroFox

Ivette Granier-Smith

Ivette Granier-Smith

ATARC Board Liaison

ASRC Federal 

Bill James

Bill James

Advisor Chair

FedSmarts

Cyber Cooperative Leadership Team

The Cyber Cooperative Leadership Team will leverage, build, and unify the cyber defense capability and capacity of participating and partner organizations. It is in direct response and intended to support the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) collaborative efforts. The Cyber Cooperative Leadership Team will provide a process and framework to directly engage and leverage their capability, capacity, and expertise to amplify their mission, reach, and desired outcomes in order to build, maintain, and sustain a unified cyber defense.

Mike Nicholson

Mike Nicholson

Government Chair

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Retired

Carlos (JC) Vega

Carlos (JC) Vega

Advisor Chair

Executive Security Advisors

Zero Trust

The Zero Trust Working Group will focus on Zero Trust and how we need to be thinking differently about security, risk, & governance. The topics covered will include the convergence of government policies and moving to a continuous compliance model. Members will also discuss the Importance of AI while using unsupervised machine learning to enhance the mission of your agency or organization.

Working Groups

Dr. Amy Hamilton

Dr. Amy Hamilton

Government Chair

Department of Energy, National Defense University, College of Information and Cyberspace

     Gerald Caron

Gerald Caron

Industry Chair

RIVA Solutions

Eric Florence

Eric Florence

Industry Co-Chair

Veracode

Christine Rozzi

Christine Rozzi

Industry Co-Chair

Lumen

Chris Young

Chris Young

Industry Co-Vice Chair

iboss

Anupam Shah

Anupam Shah

Industry Co-Chair

Resiliant

Matt Henson

Matt Henson

Industry Co-Vice Chair

TC Engine

Lara George

Lara George

Industry Co-Vice Chair

Walacor Corporation

Joe Brown

Joe Brown

Industry Co-Vice Chair

Zimperium

Global Quantum

The Global Quantum working group brings together quantum technology experts in Government, Industry, and Academia, to share news, current events, best practices, and host guest speakers in the quantum realm, discussing multiple aspects of quantum technology, including computing, sensing, communications, and networking, and more.
Lily Chen

Lily Chen

Government Co-Chair

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Jason Lee

Jason Lee

Government Co-Chair

General Services Administration

Allison Schwartz

Allison Schwartz

Industry Chair

D-Wave

Identity Management

The Identity Management Working Group’s goal is to identify, understand, and provide strategic recommendations for challenges and barriers affecting the broader US Federal Community’s Identity Credential and Access Management (ICAM) deployments and offerings.  Then, in close alignment with government entities such as OMB for policy and NIST for guidance, the ATARC Identity Team aims to provide strategic recommendations to remove any identified barriers and accelerate adoption of ICAM best practices to increase efficiency and reduce cost using cutting-edge identity solutions.

Cheryl Jenkins

Cheryl Jenkins

Government Vice Chair

General Services Administration

Kelvin Brewer

Kelvin Brewer

Industry Co-Chair

Ping Identity

Gurpreet Manes

Gurpreet Manes

Industry Co-Vice Chair

Unifyia

David Treece

David Treece

Industry Co-Vice Chair

Yubico

Cybersecurity Higher Education and Workforce Development

The Cybersecurity Higher Education and Workforce Development Working Group’s vision is to build a collaborative framework of educators, industry, and government to provide strategic recommendations on enhancing national cybersecurity education and workforce development. The group will recommend policy, best practices, and tools for the implementation of innovative and comprehensive national career pathways at all levels of education as well as trade schools. 

Keith Clement

Keith Clement

Academic Chair

California State University, Fresno

Eric Wall

Eric Wall

Academic Co-Vice Chair

University of Arkansas System

Gregory Cooper

Gregory Cooper

Academic Co-Vice Chair

New Mexico State University

Christopher Cinnamo

Christopher Cinnamo

Industry Chair

Zimperium

Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO)

In a rapidly changing technical environment, it’s no secret that cybersecurity is more important than ever. External security requirements, tech refresh and tech insertions, and bad actors and threats are increasing every day, putting pressure on the traditional ATO processes and the tempo in which they are done.

The problem is clear: the RMF/ATO process simply takes too long. Agility is critical to implementing security measures and IT modernization, but the timeline for modernization and security upgrades continues to increase, and additional labor is not the answer.

Enter the continual ATO process, critical in compressing timelines and decreasing the effort brought on by thwarting cybersecurity threats, allowing for more frequent application and security updates and upgrades benefitting overall program modernization and security.

(Nita) Wyatte Jones-Coleman

(Nita) Wyatte Jones-Coleman

Government Vice Chair

Department of Veterans Affairs

Brian Hajost

Brian Hajost

Industry Vice Chair

SteelCloud

Insider Risk

The Insider Risk Working Group’s Mission is to expand and enhance the ongoing conversation around human capital risk in a collaborative environment, sharing best practices, lessons learned from government, industry, academia and subject matter experts in order to support organizational risk reduction, workplace and individual safety.

John Massey

John Massey

Government Chair

USAF

Michael Crouse

Michael Crouse

Industry Chair

Everfox

Mike Hudson

Mike Hudson

Consultant Chair

ClearForce

Jamison Mitchell

Jamison Mitchell

Government Co-Vice Chair

CDC

Jared Quance

Jared Quance

Government Co-Vice Chair

USCG

Secure 5G

The mission of the Secure 5G Working Group is to advance communication between Government, industry, and academia, through identifying Secure 5G infrastructure and policies.

5G is opening the door to many emerging technologies that will be game-changing for the Government. Ultimately, agencies want to achieve the many benefits of fast and reliable 5G while operating through trusted networks.  Securing 5G involves addressing threats to infrastructure, supply chain, and networks, while also standardizing policies and environments to ensure a frictionless user experience. The Secure 5G Working Group will be poised to develop strategies and tools to help improve the security posture when it comes to 5G Technology Solutions for the Government.

Learn what Government experts at the ATARC-hosted roundtable shared about agencies moving 5G systems beyond prototyping in the coming years, and related needs to evaluate security and risks throughout the increasingly complex ecosystem of end user equipment, radio access networks, 5G core networks, and edge computing systems.

 

Ben Camerlin

Ben Camerlin

Government Co-Chair

GSA

Jorge Laurel

Jorge Laurel

Government Co-Chair

NSA

Brian Daly

Brian Daly

Industry Vice Chair

AT&T

SCRM

Effective Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) strategies are vital for national security, economic stability, and public health. However, there is no standardization for SCRM across government agencies.

 In ATARC’s SCRM Working Group, we will seek to understand different programs’ unique approaches and best practices to improve security in the supply chain. We will holistically review the SCRM lifecycle, exploring in detail four major elements of the SCRM process: cyber, acquisition, intelligence, and logistics.

 

Robert Sheehan

Robert Sheehan

Government Chair

Department of Health & Human Services

Nick Mistry

Nick Mistry

Industry Chair

Lineaje

Alex Whitworth

Alex Whitworth

Carahsoft Chair