154. How to become a NIST Cyber Security Professional

Phoenix, United States

Educating and coaching leaders, professionals and teams are Mart’s passion and is what he has been doing for nearly three decades. Mart works for INTERPROM, a coaching, consulting, training and education firm. Examples of areas he has specialized in are business relationship management, service management, information security management, and project and change management. He is looking forward to sharing his experience with you and to answering your questions.

Mart's proudest achievement: An achievement I’m looking back it is organizing, along with 20 passionate volunteers, a decade long, the annual Arizona ITSM Summit. A one-day event visited by 250+ local ITSM enthusiasts. And sponsored, year-after-year, by 20+ loyal vendors, including Forrester Research and Gartner.

• Conducting training on Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, DevOps from DoI also courses form (ISC)², ISACA, IAPP, and Axelos for prominent Training Institutions in SG and abroad
• Developing content for bespoke courses for Corporates both in SG and abroad
• Speaking in Cybersecurity, Cloud/Information Security Conferences in Singapore
• PMI Singapore Chapter Volunteer Award in 2013
• Nominated for the ISC2 Mid-Career Contributor of the Year Award 2020

Proudest achievements?

• Achieve diversity in the training and facilitation domain.
• Worked in elite projects in Singapore like, SOE and SportsHub.

David is an experienced software developer and consultant with expertise in management, agile methodologies, and change management. His unique perspective on team building, organizational change, and risk identification is informed by his military background. He is the lead author of two books, Fundamentals of Adopting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and A Practitioner’s Guide to Adapting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, both published by TSO. In his role as the content architect of the DVMS Institute, he actively works with subject matter experts to develop relevant content for organizational leaders and practitioners.

David is an NCP (NIST Cybersecurity Professional) Practitioner and a NCP Specialist. 

David's proudest professional achievement includes pre-dating ITIL version 1, rescuing an 18-month behind-schedule project, finishing it in 8.5 months using what today would be recognized as agile and ITIL. On a personal level, David believes that his proudest achievement is setting off his daughters and their families on the right path, a joy which he shares with his wife. 

Mike Battistella likes to say that he wears a couple of hats.

Mike’s primary role is the President & CTO of Solutions³ LLC, an award-winning IT Service Management & Cybersecurity consulting & training organization. Solutions³ provides full lifecycle IT Management & Cybersecurity solutions in the US federal and commercial markets.

Mike is also one of three Strategic Affiliates for the DVMS Institute having global responsibilities along with a primary focus on U.S. Government Solutions. The DVMS Institute focuses on cybersecurity career development and teaching organizations of any size how to build an Adaptive, Cyber-Resilient Digital Value Management System (DVMS) capable of Creating, Protecting, and Delivering (CPD) digital business value to clients and stakeholders.

Achievements:

• Advisory Board for the College of Business at Seton Hall University
• Advisory Board for the College of Engineering at Fairleigh Dickenson University
• CIOReview Magazine: 20 Most Promising Defense Technology Solution Providers
• Regular Cybersecurity Contributor to the MeadowlandsUSA Magazine
• HP Software Rising Star Award
• HP Software Crystal Globe Award
• The C12 Group Nehemiah Award
• SBA Emerging Leader 2015
• Technical course developer for HPE Software and other software vendor & training partners

Ahmad is a digital transformation executive with diversified experience covering the full spectrum of the technology space. He has been in service leadership, managerial, technology pre-sales, and consulting. He has extensive experience in delivering large projects and a proven success of solving complex problems within time and budget. Ahmad has the ability to fuse business and technology interests into cohesive, value-driven, and delivery-focused operations. He is a highly respected builder of critical partnerships and strategic alliances and has proven to unite fractionalized groups for a shared sense of purpose. 

His specialties include cyber security, business resilience, strategic leadership, data privacy, information assurance and project management.