The General Electric Company


Francis X. Taylor Vice President and Chief Security Officer


Since


2005, Taylor has overseen GE’s global security operations and crisis management processes. In English, that means he works with security


leaders to protect the integrity of the multinational’s systems, information, and most importantly, people. The tricky part of this mandate, he says, is ensuring simultaneously that a burgeoning corpo- rate information technology system is not disrupted while protecting it.


Students interested in cyber defense must think strategically; gaining techni- cal skills is a given. So they must acquire the ability to use this intelligence in an environment where “the technology doesn’t limit the business. This is crucial when people’s iPhones and iPads have been integrated into how we work.” Prior to entering the private sector


Taylor spent 35 years in government ser- vices. He was assistant secretary of State for Diplomatic Security and director of the Office of Foreign Missions, with a rank of ambassador. That was after retir- ing from the U.S. Air Force as a brigadier general, where he was in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. He received his Air Force commission as a distinguished graduate of the Notre Dame ROTC program.


United States Secret Service


Cornelius F. Tate Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Technical Development and Mission Support


In 2009, Tate was declared the Secret Service’s fastest run- ner over the age of 40 in a 5k race. But he is more of marathoner when it comes to protecting cyber security. Tate entered the Service after graduation in 1985.


Now his responsibility is for all agency technical protec- tive counter measures, and technical investigative support. “Everything we do contributes to protecting the president, vice president, former presidents, first ladies and their families, and visiting heads of state,” he says. Tate’s proudest achievements are his professional timeline.


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Prior to his current post he was the director, National Cyber Security Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is the former Secret Service special agent in charge of the Technical Security Division. Previously, among other posts in the Service, he led the Informa- tion Resources Management Division, and was the CIO. Tate says, “I have gone from a traditional IT background to working in the physical where everything is increasingly depen- dent on cyber devices.” 


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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


Marsha C. Dawson Manager, Information Technology Communications Security (COMSEC) and Information Systems Security Program Manager (ISSPM)


Dawson is responsible for coor- dinating the design, development, and implementation of the Corps’ COMSEC program. Her oversight ensures that operational level support meets require- ments, and she is the Corps’ Alternate Information Assurance Program man- ager. Her positions involve high-level Defense Department participation and coordination to create policies, plans, and guidelines to assure mis- sion accom- plishment and the integrity and security of the Corps’ IT infrastruc- ture. She is the senior IT principle


IM/IT expert and provides technical, operational, analytical, and programmatic guidance and advice to the CIO, subor- dinate commands, and the USACE IT service provider.


She encourages students to enter


cyber security. To succeed she says they must acquire leadership, partnering, pro- gram, project, budget, resource, and risk management skills, and use them in com- bination throughout multiple projects. Her budget is approximately $28


million. The next big thing in her field is Corps-wide integration of new crypto- graphic equipment to upgrade communi- cations capabilities for all secret internet protocol router networks, secure video teleconferencing, and secure voiceover IP systems.


United States Cyber Command (USCYBER- COM)


Rear Admiral Willie Metts Director of Intelligence


In Au-


gust 2010, RDML Metts as- sumed his position at the US- CYBER- COM. It plans, co- ordinates, integrates,


synchronizes, and conducts activities to direct the operations and defense of De- fense Department information networks and to prepare them for full-spectrum military cyberspace operations to ensure U.S./Allied movement on the Web, and to deny it to enemies.


In 1993, Metts, who was commis- sioned via the Naval ROTC and trained as a cryptologist, transferred to the Naval Security Group Command Detachment Potomac. Within a few years, he became a department head and later an execu- tive officer. By 1999, he was cryptologic resource coordinator, and after earning his master’s degree, he served as deputy director, Collections and Information Acquisitions Division.


In 2005, he became special assistant to the commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. In 2006, he was the commanding officer, Navy Information Operations Command, Hawaii. Two years on, he was promoted to Navy Personnel Command, as divi- sion director for Information Dominance Corps and foreign area officer assign- ments. He became a rear admiral in 2010.


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