CEEE/CEU Course                  Baltimore Section of the IEEE

This course was co-sponsored by the Washington DC/NOVA EMBS Chapter (please see below)

 

Title:       Global Cybersecurity Trends and Practices

Speaker:  Terry Thompson, Ph.D.

Executive advisor

 

 

Eligible for 0.4 Continuing Education Units  (CEUs) =  4 Professional Development Hours

Instructor in the graduate cybersecurity programs at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

 

 

 

Agenda

Speakers’s Biography

Terry Thompson is an Executive Advisor for Booz Allen Hamilton.  He has extensive experience in cyber security for government and commercial clients in the U.S., UK, Middle East, and Southeast Asia. As a Vice President for Booz Allen, he led cybersecurity projects in the UAE, Qatar, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has presented at cybersecurity conferences in Muscat, Dammam, Istanbul, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai, and has taught cyber security courses to Booz Allen clients and students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

 

2011 –2014:  Booz Allen Hamilton, Vice President

Dr Thompson was a senior leader in Booz Allen’s International Team responsible for the Security and Defense markets in the Middle East.  He served as the Officer in Charge for projects in cyber security, risk management, and strategy and policy for clients in the UAE and Qatar.  He also served as a senior Subject Matter Expert for information security projects for government and critical infrastructure organizations in the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Dr Thompson developed marketing material to support Booz Allen’s international efforts including articles in the journal Network Middle East.

 

2003-2011: Booz Allen Hamilton, Principal and Senior Associate

Dr Thompson joined Booz Allen in 2003.  From 2003-2006, he served as the program manager for Booz Allen’s support for two organizations in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): the Office of National Protection and Programs Directorate and the Office of the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis. He led task teams responsible for intelligence analysis, policy development, strategic planning, facilities security planning, counterintelligence, budget, and administrative support. During his initial assignment at DHS, Dr. Thompson was Booz Allen lead on a small government-contractor team that established the National Cyber Security Division.

 

In 2007-2008, Dr. Thompson served in Booz Allen’s London office where he was responsible for developing business with UK intelligence and security clients. He led a human capital project with an intelligence agency that resulted in a significant change in the agency’s hiring program with increased focus on the technical skills required to address collection challenges. In London, Dr. Thompson also facilitated marketing efforts including support for the development of the UK’s initial national security strategy.

 

2002-2003: Maryland Department of Transportation, Independent Consultant

Prior to joining Booz Allen, Dr. Thompson served as the Security Advisor to the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT).  Responding to MDOT’s requirement to enhance interaction with U.S. Government security and intelligence organizations in the period before DHS was established, he helped MDOT develop security relationships with several federal agencies including the National Security Agency, the office of the Assistant U.S. Attorney in Baltimore, the Joint Terrorism Task Force for Maryland, and the Washington-Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Activity.

 

1976-2002: National Security Agency

Dr. Thompson served in the U.S. National Security Agency for 27 years. He was a member of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service for more than 10 years, and during those years served as NSA’s Senior Representative to the Department of Defense, Deputy Director for Support Services, Chief of Staff for Operations, Chief of the Office of Special Programs, and Senior Representative to the National Reconnaissance Office.  He also served as Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Intelligence Community Assignments Program responsible for developing well-rounded U.S. intelligence officers.

 

1973-1976: U.S. Marine Corps, Captain and First Lieutenant

Dr. Thompson served as a Communications and Signals Intelligence officer in the 8th Communications Battalion and 2nd Radio Battalion during three years of active duty at Marine Corps bases in Quantico, Virginia, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. At 2nd Radio Battalion, he initiated a review of foreign language support that eventually led to enhancements in the Marine Corps’ intelligence support to operationally deployed forces.

 

General Background:

Dr Thompson holds the PhD in Russian Studies from Georgetown University.  He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he has developed and taught courses in cyber security at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the New York University, Abu Dhabi’s Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Security and Privacy (CRISSP-AD).

 

 

Learning event description

A 4-hour workshop targeting a broad range of fellow members from areas such as CS, IT, Cybersecurity and similar, who would like to improve their knowledge of Critical Infrastructure, Standards, Risk Assessments, Internet Governance, Cyber Threats, Privacy, Surveillance etc.

 

Logistics/Schedule

The workshop is scheduled to take place at the National Electronics Museum (NEM)

1745 W Nursery Rd

Linthicum, MD 21090 

https://www.nationalelectronicsmuseum.org/

on Saturday, January 20, 2018, 10 am – 2 pm.

It will be advertised through the Section’s Newsletter. Registration will be done through vTools (see below).

 

Registration:  

 

The course is free of charge, and is sponsored by the Baltimore Section of the IEEE. All course applicants should register through vTools.

https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/     or:

https://events.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/post_registration/48459

 

Attendees can obtain a CEU credit and a certificate from the IEEE by sending an email in advance to Boris Gramatikov (bgramat-at-jhmi.edu, subject: “CEEE”) indicating IEEE status, IEEE membership number, and IEEE Section that they belong to. Members of the Baltimore Section can receive the certificate free of charge. Non-IEEE members and members from IEEE section other than the Baltimore Section, who wish to attend and receive a CEU certificate, should also bring a check for $9 to the course, or pay this amount online during registration. This would cover the cost of the certificate, charged automatically by the IEEE to the Baltimore Section. All attendees who apply for a CEU certificate should also complete and turn in the evaluation forms at the end of the course.

All course applicants should register through vTools. No exceptions will be made.

IEEE members of the Baltimore Section: Please do NOT pay the $9.00 fee at registration!

Non-IEEE members and members from IEEE section other than the Baltimore Section: pay ONLY if you are applying for a CEU certificate.

 

Acknowledgement

On behalf of the Baltimore Section, we would like to acknowledge the Wash DC/NOVA EMBS Chapter in publicizing the event to their members and supporting the Baltimore Section Continuing Education Program. This activity offers attendees the opportunity to earn Continuing Education Units (CEU credits), and helps in maintaining technical certifications as well a Professional Engineer (PE) license.