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Volume 34 Number 3 BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCCESS


The Next Level .....................42 The partnership between William R. Teel, Jr. and Rodney Hunt is taking 1 Source Consulting all the way to #1.


History of Stars and


Stripes .................................46 This BEYA institution has helped bring military elites together across service branches and generations.


SCIENCE SPECTRUM


Titans of Science .................51 A 2010 Black Engineer of the Year Community Service Award winner tells USBE&IT how a few dedicated mentors changed her life and lead her to STEM.


CAREER OUTLOOK.............53


Learn about how to enter the pivotal field of cyber security. Our career outlook sec- tion will give you the real deal about what cyber security actually is and the kinds of crimes it combats. Read on to learn about government and private agencies that have a need for cyber security professionals, and about the schools that will give you the skills you need to fill those jobs.


Cyber Security


Visionaries ..........................68 These men and women use their talents, tech savvy, and raw ingenuity to protect our interests online, and out in the world.


PUBLISHER’S PAGE


ften, we think of the cyber security professional as an elite special agent hidden away in some secret bunker, thwarting some mustache-twirling


hacker’s intent to take down our global cyber- structure. Though in some cases, the movie fan’s idea of cyber security isn’t as far-fetched as it may seem, the reality is that cyber security profession-


als are everyday women and men with the tech savvy, ingenuity and conviction to keep our networks secure. They protect everything from voter registration to police records, credit card transactions to health insurance information. Just as the internet has radically expanded the ways we can connect for business and personal reasons, it has also opened up avenues of exploitation. The same week we held “Minorities in National Security and Cyber Security Awareness Week,” which began with a symposium on cyber security held at UDC, there were three coordinated cyber attacks against MasterCard, Visa, and Paypal. With online financial activities ramped up in the weeks before the holidays, countless credit card users and individuals with their bank accounts linked to Paypal found them- selves suddenly vulnerable. If we’ve learned anything about the vitality of information assurance in these past months, it’s that these attacks have impact on an international level, and that they will only increase in their intensity. We need a dynamic, diverse and driven cyber security workforce primed to stand guard for government and commerce, healthcare and global media.


In this special issue devoted to cyber security, we offer those looking


to enter this fast-emerging industry a template for success. Our inaugural Career Outlook section gives insight and advice about where to look for opportuni- ties, and how to gain a foothold. Most importantly, we present “Cyber Security Visionaries,” true champions of international defense. Some of them, such as Apple’s security and privacy product manager, Window Snyder, work in private industry to ensure personal protection for individual users. Others, like Rear Admiral Willie Metts, director of intelligence for the U.S. Cyber Command, turn their attention to preserving U.S./Allied movement on the Web, and shielding it from our enemies. They are powerful mentors, and they can inspire coming generations to work toward international cyber safety.


Tyrone D. Taborn Publisher and Editorial Director


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