GovExec's Cyber Resilience Summit: Transforming Strategy into Capability

Mark Canter is the Chief Information Security Officer at GAO. In his capacity, he oversees the compliance, governance, and security operations. Previously he severed as Assistant Director in the Information Technology and Cybersecurity (ITC) team at the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Dr. Jim Q. Chen, Ph.D., is one of the leading experts on cyber studies. He is the author of more than 80 peer-reviewed publications. He is currently the inaugural Director of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) University Consortium for Cybersecurity Coordination Center (UC4) at the National Defense University (NDU), College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC). In this role, he leads the UC4, which is the administrative chair of the DoD University Consortium for Cybersecurity (UC2), in helping to achieve the mission of the DoD UC2, i.e., to fulfill the intent of the law (i.e., NDAA 2020, Section 1659) and to provide a connection between the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and the academic community on matters of cybersecurity via Requests for Information (RFIs).

Dr. Chen is also Professor of Cyber Studies and a Course Director at the NDU CIC. In this role, he teaches and conducts research. His expertise is in cyber warfare, cyber deterrence, cyber strategy, cybersecurity technology, national security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and graduate-level education. He has many years of teaching experience on these topics. He has also published widely on these topics.

Dr. Chen was the recipient of the John M. Carabello NDU CIC Faculty Award in 2015. He received the NDU CIC Faculty Recognition Award in 2018.

Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland at College Park. He received his Graduate Certificate of Information Assurance and Security, Information Assurance Education from Purdue University.

Mr. Christopher Wallace serves as chief of cybersecurity for the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Medical Digital Solutions, where he leads the organization in innovating and modernizing efforts for a stronger and better protected enterprise. He leads a team charged with fortifying the nation’s healthcare management systems, anchored on a strategic blend of information security and network security. His application of rigorous policies and proactive strategy drives PAE MDS to preempt adversarial threats, contributing to the safeguarding of critical infrastructures and bolstering national security.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

In 2019, Mr. Wallace joined the Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems as the lead information system security manager. Before joining that organization, he worked for the Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency, where he worked to rebuild and strengthen a cyber program that was charged to protect national security. His career includes working for Aberdeen Proving Ground, where he ran cybersecurity compliance at the Regional Network Enterprise Center preparing and inspecting military installations for Command Cyber Readiness Inspections. He also worked for the Department of Defense at the Network Enterprise Center Fort Detrick, MD. He served nearly 10 years in the US military as an Infantryman.

EDUCATION

Mr. Wallace holds a Master of Science in Strategic Information and Cyberspace Studies from the National Defense University, a Master of Science in Computer  and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance from Capitol Technology University. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Network  Security from Shepherd University.

Garrett Lee is the Regional Vice President of the Enterprise Security Group at Broadcom (ESG). He is responsible for Broadcom's U.S. Public Sector go-to-market for the combined portfolio of Symantec and Carbon Black solutions for Information, Network, Endpoint and Application Security. The Enterprise Security Group delivers legendary enterprise security solutions to protect any IT mission. Over the last 23 years, Mr. Lee has energetically contributed to the U.S. Public Sector’s IT mission with a focus on efficiently advancing our Nation’s critical cybersecurity defenses and programs. Garrett has enthusiastically supported U.S. Federal Agency, Prime Contractor, and U.S. State & Local customers alike in their evaluation and implementation of enterprise security capabilities such as software asset management, application control, incident response, data loss prevention, network security, endpoint detection & response and cloud-native endpoint protection.

As Chief Technology Officer, Dr. William Streilein leads the strategy, direction and management of Noblis' technology, labs, patent portfolio and innovation programs. Notably, he directs Noblis’ cross-company Research Centers and Centers of Excellence, which bring experts together from across missions, domains and backgrounds. He provides direction and management of the Noblis Sponsored Research portfolio consisting of multi-domain research in artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, autonomous systems, applied sciences, modeling & simulation, energy & the environment, cybersecurity and digital engineering.  

Dr. Streilein is a distinguished leader in AI and cybersecurity, bringing more than three decades of experience in technology, research and national security to the Noblis mission.  

Prior to joining Noblis, Dr. Streilein served as principal staff within the Biotechnology and Human Systems Division at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he provided strategic guidance on the adoption and application of AI for defense-related research, development and operations. Before that, he served as the inaugural Chief Technology Officer for the Department of Defense's (DoD) Chief Digital and AI Office, guiding the DoD's approach to data, analytics and AI, and playing a pivotal role in the 2023 DoD AI Strategy.  

Dr. Streilein holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive and Neural Systems from Boston University, a Master of Music in Electronic and Computer Music from the University of Miami and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Austin College. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.