About ian99

Name:

Ian Charters

Website

http://www.guerilla-ciso.com/

Profile

Ian Charters, an international man of mystery, is a retired govie with a background in attacking stuff and doing forensics.

His official press bio:
With over 20 years of experience in the field of digital forensics, Ian Charters has a unique perspective on the evolution of digital forensics. His career has taken him from the private sector into government service and back to the private sector. After successfully starting and running his own networking, software development and systems integration firm, Ian was recruited into the nation’s Intelligence Community, including service in both the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency where he proudly served his country for over 20 years. Upon retiring from Federal service, Ian served as the Security Practice Leader with the Unisys Federal Group based in Reston, Virginia. While being responsible for leading the practices efforts in the development, sales, and delivery of a full range of IT security solutions, he was responsible for the development and introduction of a code application assurance into the Federal market. Ian is currently a Senior Manager in a Big 4 Accounting firm’s information security and risk management practice. His responsibilities include leading engagements to provide security services to both commercial enterprises and government agencies.

Ian holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Washington State University and a Masters of Arts in Security Policy Studies from George Washington University in addition to completing extensive post-graduate and commercial coursework in Computer Security, Architectures, Networking, Programming, Telecommunications, Computer Simulation and Simulation Theory. He is a frequent seminar speaker with the Potomac Forum Ltd, a non-profit educational foundation (www.potomacforum.org) and serves on the Board of Advisors for Ascension Risk Management LLC (www.ascensionriskmanagement.com).

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