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(ISC)² in Clearwater – the world’s largest nonprofit association of certified cybersecurity professionals – today announced the results of its annual Board of Directors election.
The following individuals will begin their service on the (ISC)² Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2020:
Aloysius Cheang, CISSP – Singapore
Arthur R. Friedman, CISSP – U.S.
David Melnick, CISSP – U.S.
Yiannis Pavlosoglou, CISSP – United Kingdom
Zachary Tudor, CISSP – U.S.
Arthur Friedman has 40 years of diversified technical, national policy, management and teaching experience in the cybersecurity field. He currently supports the Committee on National Security Systems and the National Security Council as a senior Cybersecurity Strategist. He has held various technical and management positions at the National Security Agency supporting the computer network defense mission.
Arthur also worked in the private sector for The MITRE Corporation and Booz Allen and Hamilton as a systems security engineer. Additionally, he is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and currently services on the (ISC)² Board of Directors as the Treasurer, and previously served on both the (ISC)² Government Advisory Council and a judge for the Information Security Leadership Awards® - U.S. Government for 13 years.
Arthur is an adjunct faculty member teaching Network Security and Cybersecurity classes for Towson University. He has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Hofstra University and graduate degrees in Business Administration from Boston University and National Security Policy from the United States Army War College.
He retired from the U.S. Army Reserves as a Colonel with his last assignment with the United States Strategic Command responsible for planning and executing non-kinetic/cyber operations at the strategic level.
Arthur lives in Maryland and spends his free time sailing on the Chesapeake Bay with his wife.
“We are excited that these outstanding professionals have agreed to lend their time and talents to our association,” said (ISC)² CEO, David Shearer, CISSP. “Their unique experiences and professional insights will help us address our goal of advancing the cybersecurity profession and inspiring a safe and secure cyber world.”
The 13-member board is comprised of (ISC)² members – all volunteers – who provide strategy, governance and oversight for the organization, grant certifications to qualifying candidates and enforce adherence to the (ISC)² Code of Ethics. The newly elected board members will join the ranks of other top cyber, information, software and infrastructure security professionals from around the world representing academia, private organizations and government agencies.
