Rodney Fuller DHS
Currently supporting the
National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) Information Assurance program, RodneyFuller is spearheading the continuous monitoring effort
set forth by recent
NIST guidance. He is leading the effort within NCSD to leverage new technologies that will provide consistent, near real-time information on the status of NCSD systems and networks. He believes, through automation of security controls, networks will become much more secure going into the future.
Determining the effectiveness of a security control is usually performed during initial, periodic, and ad hoc audits. Between those gaps, ISSOs and system administrators sometimes fail to achieve consistent, accurate, and timely information on the status of their systems and networks, which poses great risk to their enterprise. Continuous monitoring is the process of maintaining ongoing risk awareness. In other words, continuous monitoring provides an accurate picture of an organization’s actual security posture, visibility into assets, and leverages use of automated tools to evaluate the effectiveness of security controls. Understanding risk is paramount in providing appropriate response and remediation.
Missing Link Security understands the importance of protecting sensitive federal agency information. A cyber attack can degrade an agency’s ability to function effectively. Being able to monitor desktops, servers, key infrastructure, and threats allow senior leadership to make accurate and timely risk-based decisions and protect information deemed vital to national security.
Rodney Fuller is a native of Newport News, Virginia. After graduating from Denbigh High School in 1985, he entered the United States Air Force. His 20 year career involved the implementation, management, and operations of large information systems. At the peak of his military career, he managed 93 military and 9 civilian IT personnel supporting Information Security, Communications Security, Network Operations, Network Management, Network Administration, Web Services, Automated Data Processing Equipment, and Small Computer Support on an unclassified and a classified $34M network infrastructure. He was hand-picked to spearheaded the Secretary of the Air Force’s first-ever server consolidation project within the Air Mobility Command. In his final assignment prior to retiring, he supported the Defense Department's newly established Joint Task Force Global Network Operations center at Headquarters DISA. There, he managed a 24/7 watch which provided intelligence analysis and technical assistance to National leadership for coordination and direction of the defense posture of the DoD Global Information Grid consisting of computer systems and networks.
After retirement, Mr. Fuller began supporting the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team as the swing-shift Senior Watch Officer. He was responsible for analyzing and reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities, disseminating cyber threat warning information, and coordinating incident response activities. He collaborated with Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial governments, private sector, research community, and international entities to provide response support and defense against government cyber attacks.
In 2007, he began performing Certification and Accreditation of IT systems for the DHS National Protection and Programs Division (NPPD). As Lead Certification Agent and Enterprise Architecture Board member, he was responsible for overseeing the accreditations of 21 General Support Systems and Major Applications. He served as the principal advisor to the NPPD Chief Information Security Officer on all matters, technical and otherwise, involving the security of NPPD information systems. He ensured all system security controls were implemented in accordance with NIST, OMB, and DHS policies and procedures.
Mr. Fuller’s interests involve music production, cycling, new technologies, computer forensics, and spending time with his son Kyle.