This panel discussion on cybersecurity will focus on making attendees familiar with information security management. It will be moderated by Michael Black and feature panelists Colonel Terrence Adams, Gary Gadson, Dr. Aaron Ferguson, and Ernest Smiley. The panelists will discuss governance of cybersecurity, effective information security policies, risk management processes, and common information security practices.

1. The Business of
Cybersecurity: Impacting
Information Management -
(BEYA 2436)
Washington Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Road NW Washington
DC, 20008
Thursday, 2/8/2018
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Virginia Suite A- Lobby Level

2. Our Team
Michael Black
Colonel Terrance Adams
Gary Gadson
Aaron J. Ferguson, Ph.D
Ernest L. Smiley

3. The Business of Cybersecurity
– Panel Overview
• Cybersecurity is the whole of technologies,
processes, and practices designed to protect
networks, computers, programs and data from
attack, damage or unauthorized access. This
seminar will focus on making attendees familiar
with information security management.

4. The Business of Cybersecurity
– Panel Overview
• At the end of this seminar, participants will
understand:
• The Governance of cyber security including the
mission, roles and responsibilities of the
governance function, the strategic planning
process and your role in the organization’s
strategic planning effort.
• How effective information security policy is
created and used.

5. Panel Overview
• Risk management and the risk management
process.
• Certain laws and ethical issues impacting
information security in the organization.
• Common information security management
practices such as benchmarking and
performance measures.

6. Panel Moderator – Michael
BlackMichael “Mike” Black, Chief Operating Officer, joined JMA Solutions in March 2016 as
the Chief Corporate Development Officer and was appointed Chief Operating Officer
in April 2017. He directly supports the CEO in developing, executing, and managing
JMA’s master business plan, with an emphasis on strategies for new business and
revenue performance. Mike is a senior Cyber/Information Technology leader with over
30 years of experience in communications, cyber, and leadership disciplines.
Prior to joining JMA Solutions, Mike served as the Chief Operating Officer for Premier
Management Corporation, directly responsible for day-to-day operations, all business
units and the profit and loss of the company. He was directly responsible for over
400% growth in company revenue and personnel in four years. Additionally, he
established a presence/prime contracts in 15 separate Government Agencies,
including 20 states and 3 countries.
Prior to joining the private sector, Mike spent over 26 years in the United States Air
Force holding various communication and leadership positions at many levels. He
culminated his distinguished military career as a Colonel, Commander, White House
Communications Agency, leading a 1200 person team of selectively manned military,
Department of Defense (DoD) civilian and contract personnel to provide “no fail”
telecommunications services for the President, Vice President, named successors,
First Lady, Senior White House Staff, National Security Staff, United States Secret
Service, and the White House Military Office.

7. Panel Moderator – Michael
BlackMike holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Basic Science from the United States
Air Force Academy, where he was a Distinguished Military Graduate. He holds a
Master’s of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy, with an Information
Operations Concentration, from the National Defense University, Industrial College of
the Armed Forces; a Master’s Degree in Military Arts and Science from the Army
Command & General Staff College; and a Master’s of Art Degree in Management
from Webster University.
Mike is a published author, including writing several leadership articles for The New
Face of Leadership Magazine as well the thesis “Coalition Command, Control,
Communication, and Intelligence Systems Interoperability: a Necessity or Wishful
Thinking?”
Mike is a 2011 inductee into the White House Communications Agency Hall of Fame.
Mike is married to the former Ms. Wilda Stewart of North Little Rock, Arkansas. They
have three children; Jordan, Clinton, and Hannah.

8. Panel Moderator – Michael
BlackMike holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Basic Science from the United States
Air Force Academy, where he was a Distinguished Military Graduate. He holds a
Master’s of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy, with an Information
Operations Concentration, from the National Defense University, Industrial College of
the Armed Forces; a Master’s Degree in Military Arts and Science from the Army
Command & General Staff College; and a Master’s of Art Degree in Management
from Webster University.
Mike is a published author, including writing several leadership articles for The New
Face of Leadership Magazine as well the thesis “Coalition Command, Control,
Communication, and Intelligence Systems Interoperability: a Necessity or Wishful
Thinking?”
Mike is a 2011 inductee into the White House Communications Agency Hall of Fame.
Mike is married to the former Ms. Wilda Stewart of North Little Rock, Arkansas. They
have three children; Jordan, Clinton, and Hannah.

9. Panel Member – Colonel Terrence A.
AdamsColonel Terrence Adams is the Director of Communications & Chief Information
Officer, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. He is
responsible for developing and implementing cyberspace plans, policies, and
procedures for 62,000 personnel at 12 major installations and numerous world-wide
en route mobility support locations. He is responsible for the operation, defense, and
sustainment of all worldwide Mobility Air Forces Command and Control systems and
data, and AMC's airborne and ground cyber infrastructure. The command's mission is
to provide rapid global mobility and sustainment for America's armed forces--
providing airlift, aerial refueling, special air mission, and aeromedical evacuation.
Colonel Adams was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, and entered the Air Force through
the Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 019 after graduating from Auburn
University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama. He has held a variety of positions
at squadron, group, wing, major command, air staff and joint levels.

10. Panel Member – Colonel Terrence A.
AdamsEDUCATION:
1994 Bachelor of Science, Information Systems, Auburn University at Montgomery
1995 Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, MS
1997 Masters of Business Administration, Troy State University
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
2001 Masters Certificate, Organizational Management, George Washington
University, Wash. DC
2004 Advanced Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, MS
2006 Masters in Military Operational Art & Science, Air Command and Staff College,
Maxwell AFB, AL
2009 Air War College (correspondence), Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL
2013 Master of Science, National Security Strategy National War College, Ft. McNair,
Washington, D.C.

11. Panel Member – Colonel Terrence A.
AdamsASSIGNMENTS:
• July 2006 – July 2008, Commander, 33d Combat Communications Squadron,
Tinker AFB, OK
• July 2008 – March 2010, Action Officer, Joint Tactical Systems, Command, Control,
Communications and Computer Systems Directorate (J6), Joint Staff, Pentagon,
Washington, D.C.
• March 2010 – Jun 2011, Executive Assistant to the Director, Command, Control,
Communications and Computer Systems Directorate (J6), Joint Staff, Pentagon,
Washington, D.C.
• June 2011 – June 2012, Commander, 379th Expeditionary Communications
Squadron
• July 2012 – July 2013, Student, National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington,
D.C.
• July 2013 – July 2015, Deputy Commander, Joint Communications Support
Element, MacDill AFB, FL
• July 2015 – July 2017, Commander, 375th Communications Group, Scott AFB, IL
• July 2017 - Present, Director of Communications and Chief Information Officer,
Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL

12. Panel Member – Colonel Terrence A.
AdamsMAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
• Legion Of Merit
• Bronze Star Medal
• Defense Meritorious Service Medal
• Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf
clusters
• Air Force Commendation Medal
• Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf
cluster
• Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf
clusters
• Joint Meritorious Unit Award with one oak leaf
cluster
• Meritorious Unit Award
• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf
clusters
• Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with
two oak leaf clusters
• Combat Readiness Medal

13. Panel Member – Colonel Terrence A.
AdamsMAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
• National Defense Service Medal
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
• Iraq Campaign Medal
• Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
• Humanitarian Service Medal
• Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award, MAJCOM Level
• Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award, MAJCOM Level
• Company Grade Officer of the Year, Maxwell-Gunter AFB
• Company Grade Officer of the Year, 42d Air Base Wing
• Communication and Information Field Grade Officer of the Year,
PACAF HQs

14. Panel Member – Gary Gadson
Gary Gadson is an Assistant Vice President at AT&T where he leads the AT&T
University organization of 400+ instructors and training experts who provide
functional training for AT&T Technology and Operations (ATO) and AT&T Business.
He does this by collaborating with leaders in fulfilling their strategic and tactical goals
of increasing productivity and revenue by delivering training to over 100,000
employees. Previously, Gary led the Global Mobility Applications & Security (GMAS)
team providing managed mobility and security services for over 1,200 enterprise
customers. His team supported services for Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM),
WiFi, Internet of Things (IoT), and end-point security solutions for a wide range of
customers, from small businesses to global enterprise clients. He is based in Dallas,
Texas.
Gary began his career as a software systems engineer at AT&T Government
Solutions in 2002 later advancing to director where he drove business development
and sales. He then moved to AT&T Business Solutions concentrating on long-term
strategy development, strategic planning, and global strategy. Gary followed that
assignment by leading customer experience and capital planning for AT&T Partner
Exchange focused on pre-sales and post-sales experience, API enhancements,
operational readiness and financial operations. Prior to AT&T, Gary worked in the
areas of software systems engineering, technology consulting, and project
management.

15. Panel Member – Gary Gadson
A native of Washington, DC, Gary earned an
M.B.A. from Georgetown University’s
McDonough School of Business, an M.S. in
Electrical and Computer engineering from
Johns Hopkins University, and a B.S in
Mathematics, graduating with honors from
Bowie State University.
Gary is an active leader in his community
serving on the board of directors of the
Friends of the Dallas Public Library and is a
member of the United Way Tocqueville
Society.

16. Panel Member – Aaron J. Ferguson, Ph.D
Deputy Technical Director, Enterprise Discovery Operations
CURRENT POSITION: Appointed to the Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) in
March 2014, Dr. Aaron J. Ferguson is currently serving as the Deputy Technical
Director of the Enterprise Discovery Operations (EDO) Group in the Directorate of
Operations. Dr. Ferguson brings extraordinary vision and expertise earning him a
reputation for making the implausible plausible. His professionalism and dedication to
the NSA mission transcends the technical and extends to his ability to mentor,
develop and prepare individuals from all missions and disciplines. Dr. Ferguson’s
specialties include: Machine/Deep Learning, Data Science, Big Data Analytics,
Applied Statistics, and Software Engineering.
PRIOR POSITIONS: Aaron began his career at NSA in 1997 tackling a wide-range of
technical cybersecurity challenges. Before arriving in EDO, he was the Deputy
Technical Director of the Fusion, Analysis, and Mitigations Deputy Directorate in IAD.
In this role he was responsible for providing technical direction to the development
and deployment of Analytics in support of Information Assurance analysis. His two
most incredibly rewarding assignments were as Technical Director of the Joint
Mitigation Strategy Planning Division in the NTOC and as Technical Director of the
Analytic Tradecraft Office (ATAO) in IAD. He is a proud 2012 graduate of NSA’s
Senior Technical Development Program (STDP) where he focused on Insider Threat
Detection and Analysis. During his STDP program he completed external tours at
Raytheon Systems and DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3), both focused on designing
methodologies and deploying analytic capabilities to characterize user cyber
observables and predict the likelihood of a user having malicious intent.

17. Panel Member – Aaron J. Ferguson, Ph.D
Deputy Technical Director, Enterprise Discovery Operations
In 2006, he was selected to be a Technical Leader in the Office of Advanced Network
Operations (ANO-the predecessor to IAD’s Remote and Deployed Operations
Group). In this role, he successfully guided the software capability development
mission that enabled successful “hunting” operations on U.S. Government classified
networks. From 2003 to 2006, Aaron was the NSA Visiting Professor at the United
States Military Academy at West Point in New York where he taught Computer
Science courses and performed Information Assurance-related research. An applied
researcher at heart, Aaron speaks internationally on topics related to Machine
Learning, Data Science and Big Data analytics.
EDUCATION: Aaron graduated from “the Real HU,” Howard University (Washington,
DC) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He also graduated
from the University of New Haven (New Haven, CT) with a Master of Science in
Operations Research. He continued his graduate work at the University of Delaware
where he received a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics
and Statistics.

18. Panel Member – Aaron J. Ferguson, Ph.D
Deputy Technical Director, Enterprise Discovery Operations
PERSONAL: Aaron is a very active mentor and advocate at NSA. In addition to the
challenges provided by the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense
(DoD), Aaron serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Computer
Science at Howard University and at the University of Maryland University College
(UMUC) where he teaches courses in Information Systems and Computer Science,
respectively.
He has been a member of several doctoral dissertation committees. Dr. Ferguson
has a “healthy but maniacal” addiction to basketball (coaching, playing, and
officiating) and spends his copious free time analyzing NBA data in preparation for his
post-NSA career as an NBA Data Scientist (he hopes). Dr. Ferguson loves to bowl
but is not very good. As a native New Yorker (Brooklyn), he is an unapologetic fan of
the New York Yankees, Knicks, and Giants and has a special place in his heart for
drivers who do not use their signal when making lane changes (smile).

19. Panel Member – Ernest L. Smiley
Ernest Smiley is the Founder and the Managing Director of Georgetown Analytics and
Technology. Georgetown Analytics leads new data initiatives within organizations,
especially interoperability and process mapping in cyber and health systems.
Georgetown Analytics also supports the ability to effectively work together and
support data sharing and delivery across educational and commercial organizations.
Mr. Smiley is an executive with extensive knowledge of systems data and
comprehensive understanding of predictive analytics within cyber, systems
engineering and healthcare.
He has over 20 years of experience integrating computer systems for the Department
of Defense, DoD Health Systems, Intelligence Community and commercial
organizations. He is the former Chief Data Scientist for National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency (NGA), within the Federal Government in the Washington, DC
area. His other positions include Deputy Director, Senior Engineering Manager, Chief
Architect, Senior Information Technology Security Manager and Program Manager for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of the Secretary of
Defense (OSD), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Department of Energy (DOE),
General Dynamics, Sprint and Lockheed Martin.

20. Panel Member – Ernest L. Smiley
Mr. Smiley holds a Master’s Degree in Technology Management from Georgetown
University, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Accounting,
and a Bachelor of Science from University of Maryland. He also holds a Graduate
Certificate in Data Science from Georgetown University. He also completed several
executive leadership programs from Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon University
and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
He was the 2017 Scientist of the Year.
Mr. Smiley holds the following certifications: Certified in the Governance of
Enterprise IT (CGEIT), Certified Software Analyst (CSA), Certified Information
Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
(CRISC), Certified Project Manager (CPM), Certified Forensic Consultant (CFC) and
Certified E-Commerce Consultant (CEC).