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SUMMARY:Chapter Webinar - October 08\, 2020
DESCRIPTION:FREE
 
 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Click below.
 Topic: Chapt
 er Elections
 If you wish to volunteer for a Chapter Board Position pleas
 e contact:&nbsp\; president@pmisouthalabama.org&nbsp\;or volunteers@pmisou
 thalabama.org
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  &nbsp\;AGENDA:&nbsp\;
 6:00-6:15pm: Check In /
  Social Chat
 6:15-6:45pm: Elections
 6:45-7:30pm: Mr. Gary Amerson - Di
 rector\, Center of Cyber Security
 
 Mr. Gary D. Amerson
 Director\, Ce
 nter for Cyber Security
 Mr. Gary D. Amerson became the first Director of
  the Center for Cyber Security at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) in
  March 2020.
 Mr. Amerson brings with him a strong operational background
 . He retired from the United States Air Force (USAF) after 25 years workin
 g in communications and information technology\, specializing in communica
 tions security in analog and digital formats. He was instrumental in desig
 ning and implementing new airborne secure communications networks and tech
 nology. He was part of the initial cadre in development of the communicati
 on suite on the USAF C-37A (Gulfstream V) aircraft. His last assignment wa
 s at Headquarters Air Mobility Command\, serving in the Operational Suppor
 t Aircraft/Executive Airlift Requirements Branch\, responsible for the des
 ign and procurement of secure airborne communication systems for our natio
 ns leaders.
 After the military\, he worked for Booz Allen Hamilton as a 
 cyber security specialist for eight years. He oversaw a team of cyber expe
 rts securing a network of over 32\,000 users\, 20\,000 assets\, on three c
 ontinents. Some of his process improvements in securing user access were a
 dopted Navy wide. &nbsp\;Mr. Amerson transitioned to government civilian s
 ervice as an Information Systems Security Manager for almost two years pri
 or to coming to AUM. He served as the Naval Education and Training Command
 ’s primary interface with Fleet Cyber Command’s Office of Compliance a
 nd Assessment during numerous Command Cyber Readiness Inspections across t
 he Navy\, all receiving passing to excellent grades.
 Mr. Amerson taught 
 graduate-level cyber security for ten years at Bellevue University. He has
  been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 
 2010.
 Mr. Amerson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Informa
 tion Systems (Information Security concentration) and Masters of Science d
 egree in Management Information Systems (Cyber Security concentration)\, f
 rom Bellevue University\, Bellevue\, Nebraska. He and his wife\, Kayleen\,
  have two daughters who are current college students at the University of 
 Alabama and Auburn University.
 
 
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