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ISSA developed the Cyber Security Career Lifecycle® (CSCL) as a means to identify with its members. ISSA members span the information security profession - from people who have yet to enter the profession to people who are entering into retirement. Realizing that the needs of its members change, as individual progress through the career, so should the services that ISSA offers.
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Jennifer Minella is VP of Engineering and Security with Carolina Advanced Digital, Inc. In her engineering role, Minella leads strategic research and consulting for government agencies, educational institutions and Fortune 100 and 500 corporations. In addition to her normal business roles, Minella is a published author, editorial contributor, and trusted adviser for information security topics to media. No stranger to public speaking, she’s a highly sought-after international speaker.
Jennifer’s also known for introducing mindfulness-based leadership to individuals and organizations in infosec. And aside from meditation and security, she’s a competitive powerlifter and dancer including ballroom and swing. She also loves Figment, the imagination dragon.
Ms. Minella has served on the (ISC)2 Board of Directors since 2014 in various roles including Chairman of the Board in 2019.
Kevin Johnson is a Senior Security Analyst with Secure Ideas. Kevin came to security from a development and system administration background. He has many years of experience performing security services for Fortune 100 companies, and in his spare time contributes to a large number of open source security projects. Kevin founded and leads the development on B.A.S.E. (the Basic Analysis and Security Engine) project. The BASE project is the most popular web interface for the Snort intrusion detection system. Kevin is an instructor for SANS, teaching both the Incident Handling and Hacker Techniques class and the Web Application Security class. He is also the course author for Security 542 Web Application Pen-Testing In-Depth. He has presented to many organizations, including Infragard, ISACA, ISSA and the University of Florida.
Zachary (Zach) Tudor is the Associate Laboratory Director of Idaho National Laboratory’s National and Homeland Security Science and Technology Science and Technology directorate, a major US center for national security technology development and demonstration, employing 700 scientists and engineers across $500M in programs for the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Intelligence Community.
Marcus Sachs is the Deputy Director for Research at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security. He is also the Chief Security Officer of Pattern Computer, a startup in the machine learning and artificial intelligence field, where he is responsible for overall corporate security policy and strategy.
