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Ms. Kristen Taylor has extensive experience in cybersecurity, risk management, network security, information sharing, enterprise architecture, and information technology portfolio management. At Cask, she serves in the capacity of Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) and Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) for Marine Corps Systems Command – Command and Control Systems and the Department of Navy IWS-D. Previously, as the Acting Cyber Security Division Director (N2N6BC4), within the Department of Navy (DON) Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) (Navy) Directorate (DDCIO(N)) (N2N6BC), under the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Information Warfare) (N2N6) she supported the DDCIO in executing her triple roles of OPNAV Resource Sponsor, Director of Naval Intelligence, and DDCIO(N). Ms. Taylor was instrumental in the development and execution of organizational vision, strategy, and assessment metrics, cybersecurity policies, procedures, and assessment metrics, DoD Scorecard metric reporting, DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) system accreditations, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), cloud computing, public key infrastructure (PKI), and privacy. She provided timely execution of assigned strategic, organizational, and functional Cybersecurity tasks; conducts cross-agency and cross-service coordination with regards to Cybersecurity policy development, position vetting, and consensus building within the Navy staff, US Marine Corps Cyber Security/CIO (C4) Division, and across DoD and Committee National Security Systems (CNSS) as directed. She served on the monthly Defense Information Assurance Security Accreditation Working Group on behalf of the Navy and as the Navy Cross Domain Solutions Element representative. Ms. Taylor has provided network security analysis for both federal and DoD network architectures. Her work has encompassed a number of IT disciplines including managing security planning, Individuals implementation, and maintenance; developing methodologies for incident response; authoring security Opportunity Based on Merit policy and requirements identification; providing DoD information assurance certification, accreditation Social Responsibility process consultation, and security architectures; designing, security testing, evaluation planning, and Awards & Recognition execution; countermeasure recommendations, security remediation tracking/reporting; DoD/Federal/International lifecycle, contingency planning; and continuity of operations plan development; commercial and government off the shelf component integration and testing; and crises/emergency responses for federal and DoD customers. Some of her additional experience includes serving as a Division Director of Information Assurance (IA) for Guardtime at MTSI, Program Manager/Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DoN Civilian Branch Chief of Plans, Programs and Security at the United States Forces Japan (USFJ) where she won the USFJ Civilian of the Quarter multiple times and was chosen as USFJ Civilian of the Year. She was the technical lead for the Department of Homeland Security USCERT Team; and worked at the strategic level. As a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, since 1987, Ms. Taylor has participated in various public service programs and activities. She has an undergraduate degree in Government and Politics and a Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems. She has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2001 and is the proud wife of a superhero, mother of two adult daughters and two doggie-sons.