Russian Linguist, linux administrator, flyfisher, and security geek at-large.

My official press bio:

Michael Smith is the Chief Information Security Officer with the Unisys Federal Service Delivery Center based in Reston, Virginia. His scope of responsibility includes both providing governance and managing risk for several data centers, Security Operations Center, Network Operations Center, Server Management Team, and several disaster recovery sites.

Michael has performed numerous tasks throughout the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process for clients in the Federal Civilian and Department of Defense environments. He has designed and performed security testing and evaluation engagements against national level systems in both the Federal Civilian and Department of Defense environments.

Michael graduated from the prestigious Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA with a Department of Defense advanced linguistic certification in Russian and spent several years on active duty in the US army as a translator and specialist in information security.

Michael assisted with development of a DITSCAP methodology and Standard Operating Procedures for the Department of Defense's Tricare Management Activity (TMA) as well as performed many of the tasks associated with that methodology. Throughout the time Michael spent working with the TMA, he was responsible for development of documentation, performing security testing and evaluation, evaluating and conducting assessments of physical security, and the development and performance of risk assessments for remote sites throughout the continental United States.

While engaged with the Transportation Security Administration, Michael developed C&A documentation for numerous systems and sites throughout the Transportation Security Administration and helped to use C&A as the catalyst to build a security program.

In 2004, Michael was activated as a member of the Virginia National Guard and deployed to Afghanistan, where he conducted numerous combat patrols as an infantry squad leader.