GovExec's Zero Trust 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).

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.