Greater Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville Area
Awarded Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Hall of Fame, 2025 - EC-Council. Awarded CISO of the Year, 2024 by ORBiE. Keith has over 30 years’ experience as a CISO in four different companies (Private & Public) - (Commercial, DoD, & Federal) currently serves as Viasat’s CISO with strong collaboration with cross-functional teams ensuring systems and data are protected against cybersecurity threats, as well as building robust data protection practices to instill trust with customers. Leads the process of all assurance activities related to the availability, integrity and confidentiality of customer, business partner, employee and business information in compliance with the organization's information security policies. Works with executive management to determine acceptable levels of risk for the organization. Responsible for Commercial, Federal & On-Prem Product Compliance, Privacy Operations, Customer Security Assurance, Risk Management, Incident & Crisis Management, Enterprise Resiliency, Information Security Engineering, Architecture, Security Operations, Product and Applications. Responsible for liaising with R&D, Sales, Marketing, Legal, and other stakeholders to include customers. Proficient in business dynamics and well-versed in information protection and privacy laws. Demonstrating the ability to work autonomously and collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups to uphold and build upon secure operating environment. Having a proven track record of building and/or implementing and improving the maturity of security programs in On-Prem and Cloud-based organizations and possess excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to effectively balance risk and business priorities. Retired U.S. Air Force Officer who spent a good deal of his career attached to the Intelligence Community specializing in Cyber Security. Founder / CEO / CISO of two cyber companies. Authored two books on Cyber Security covering Testing of Cyber Security and a Manager Handbook implementing Cyber Security. Built a Cyber Security Cyber Technology Institute (CTI), a training site, and also teaching Cyber Classes as an Adjunct Professor at A&M University, College Station.
Courses in Cyber Security - Incident Response
CISO of the Year, 2024 – ORBIE - Houston Enterprise – over 30 years’ experience as a CISO in four different companies (Private & Public) - (Commercial, DoD, & Federal) currently serves as Viasat’s Enterprise CISO with hands-on information security systems design and analysis to include Cybersecurity Engineering, Risk Management Framework (RMF). He is a retired U.S. Air Force Officer who spent a good deal of his career attached to the Intelligence Community specializing in Cyber Security. Founder / CEO / CISO of two cyber companies. Authored two books on Cyber Security covering Testing of Cyber Security and a Manager Handbook implementing Cyber Security. Built a Cyber Security Cyber Technology Institute (CTI), a training site, and also teaching Cyber Classes as an Adjunct Professor at A&M College Station.
Responsibilities • Balance security needs with the organization’s strategic business plan, identify risk factors, and determine solutions to both. • Develop security polices and procedures that provide adequate business application protection without interfering with core business requirements. • Plan and test responses to security breaches, including the possibility for discussion of the event with customers, partners, or the general public. • Oversee the selection testing, deployment, and maintenance of security hardware and software products as well as outsourced arrangements. • Oversee a staff of employees responsible for organization’s security, ranging from network technicians managing firewall devices to security guards. • Act as the organization’s representative with respect to inquiries from customers, partners, and the general public regarding the organization’s security strategy. • Act as the organization’s representative when dealing with law enforcement agencies while pursuing the sources of network attacks and information theft by employees. Over 25 years experience in information security systems design and analysis to include Cybersecurity Engineering, Risk Management Framework (RMF), Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), Authorization and Assessment (A&A), FedRAMP (Cloud Technology), Payment Card Industry (PCI), Security Control Assessor (SCA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) (CIP), Industrial Control Systems (ISC), SCADA, and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). Outstanding customer service skills. Strong analytical, problem resolution, and organizational skills. Effectively manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects while meeting aggressive deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Willingness to participate in cross-functional training and support.
Providing Cybersecurity technical support to Commercial Industry and Federal Government Agencies in the implementation of Cybersecurity engineering projects. Management and hands- on activities include Cybersecurity Engineering, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Industrial Control Systems (ISC), SCADA, Security Control Assessor (SCA), Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), Risk Management Framework (RMF), Authorization and Assessment (A&A), FedRAMP (Cloud Technology), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). Outstanding customer service skills. Strong analytical, problem resolution, and organizational skills. Effectively manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects while meeting aggressive deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Willingness to participate in cross-functional training and support.
Provided technical support to DoD and Federal Agency personnel in the implementation of information engineering projects. Provided assistance and guidance on assessments of all aspects of security, including physical, administrative, personnel, computer security (COMPUSEC), communication security (COMSEC), operations security (OPSEC), and emanations security (TEMPEST) for measuring the risk to information systems and for its Authorization and Assessment (A&A), Certification and Accreditation (C&A).