Jon Adams

I completed my dissertation in November 2023 at Marymount University in Cybersecurity. My dissertation chair was Dr. Michelle Liu.
I'm currently enrolled in the Harvard Kennedy School Public Leadership Credential program. 

I have a MS in Computer Science from Howard University. I also have a BS in Computer Information Science from Benedict College, in Columbia, SC. Over the years, I've also taken graduate coursework at Virginia Tech (Computing), George Mason University (Systems Engineering), and UNC Charlotte (Information Technology).  Other relevant practitioner credentials I have include the CISSP, GIAC GPEN, GCIH, and GCIA certifications.     

I have about 20+ years of industry experience in technical, project management and program management roles in the public sector. 

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I have taught computing courses at Northern Virginia Community College, George Mason Univerity School of Business, and University of Maryland Global Campus 

• ITP 270 Programming for Cybersecurity - NVCC: This class covered basic python programming and fundamental cybersecurity concepts, then focused on utlizing API to automate and integrate existing cybersecurity tools and to write code to solve unique problems for which there aren't any tools.
• ITN 260 Network Security Basics - NVCC: This couse covered the basic Security+ CE Body of Knowledge
• MIS 320 Networks and Security - GMU: This course covered fundamental network engineerings concepts including the OSI model, TCP/IP, protocols and functionality at each layer of the network stack, fundamental security topics and issues associated with networking and application protocols, as well as distributed systems concepts incuding cloud computing and virtualization

This website design was borrowed from Jon Barron and  Leonid Keselman