His work focuses on federal information security initiatives including FISMA, cybersecurity, FDCC, USGCB, HSPD-12, risk management and other federal information assurance initiatives. Has worked on federal cloud computing security with the Cloud Security Alliance and has participated in Federal CIO Council cloud and FedRAMP efforts. Founder of FISMApedia.org, information security instructor with Potomac Forum and co-author of "FISMA and the Risk Management Framework" from Syngress. He is fully buzzword compliant and an owner of the coveted Application Security Specialist baseball cap, known in security circles as the ASS hat.