GSN_HSA2017_Yearbook

The GSN 2017 Homeland Security Awards
ing circuit at a variety of conferences and
events at Universities and forums over
the past year. A couple of highlight; a few
months back I presented at a workshop
sponsored by The National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation on
Securing Life Sciences Data. I also spoke at
George Washington University event about
the Cyber Threat Spectrum along with copanelists
John Perren, former Assistant Director,
FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction
Directorate, and Lieutenant Colonel Scott
Applegate, Strategic Planner, J5, Cyber
Policy Division, Joint Chiefs of Staff. I will
be participating soon at USTRANSCOM
Senior Leader Cyber Security Roundtable
that will include Admiral Michael S. Rogers,
who serves as the U.S. Cyber Commander,
Director of the National Security
Agency, and Chief of the Central Security
Service.
As always, thank you for speaking to me
and letting me share my perspectives. GSN
serves as an excellent media resource for all
those active in the homeland security, cybersecurity,
and national security fields. I
strongly encourage others to become regular
readers of your publication online and
in print.
About Chuck: Chuck Brooks is Vice President
of Government Relations & Marketing
for Sutherland Government Solutions.
He has an extensive policy and technology
background both in the public and private
sectors. In government, Chuck has
served at The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) in legislative leadership
roles at The Science & Technology Directorate,
the Domestic Nuclear Defense
Organization, and FEMA (on detail during
Hurricane Katrina). He served as a top
Advisor to the late Senator Arlen Specter
on Capitol Hill covering security and
technology issues on Capitol Hill. He
currently serves as subject Matter Expert
to The Homeland Defense and Security
Information Analysis Center (HDIAC), a
Department of Defense (DOD) sponsored
organization through the Defense Technical
Information Center (DTIC). He also
served in law enforcement as an Auxiliary
Police Officer for Arlington, Virginia. In
industry, Chuck was a Technology Partner
Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation and he currently sits on the
advisory boards of several corporations
and organizations involved in cybersecurity
and homeland security, including the
Safe America Foundation. In academia,
Chuck was an Adjunct Faculty Member at
Johns Hopkins University where he taught
a graduate course on homeland security for
two years. He has an MA in International
relations from the University of Chicago, a
BA in Political Science from DePauw University,
and a Certificate in International
Law from The Hague Academy of International
Law. Chuck is well recognized as a
thought leader and subject matter expert
on Cybersecurity, homeland security, and
emerging technologies. In 2016, he was
named “Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year
by the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.
LinkedIn named Chuck as one of “The Top
5 Tech People to Follow on LinkedIn” out
of their 450 million members. Chuck has
published dozens of articles in publications
such as Forbes, Federal Times, Computer
World, The Hill, Huffington Post, Government
Technology, InformationWeek, and
of course Government Security News on
the technology and security topics. He is
also a select “Passcode Influencer” for the
Christian Science Monitor on information
security issues. Chuck is a frequent speaker
at conferences and events and his professional
industry affiliations include being the
Chairman of CompTIA’s New and Emerging
Technology Committee, and as a member
of The AFCEA Cybersecurity Committee.
Chuck has also served as a judge for
five Government Security News industry
homeland security awards events.
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