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ISSA developed the Cyber Security Career Lifecycle® (CSCL) as a means to identify with its members. ISSA members span the information security profession - from people who have yet to enter the profession to people who are entering into retirement. Realizing that the needs of its members change, as individual progress through the career, so should the services that ISSA offers.
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Shawn Murray is a Principal Scientist with the United States Missile Defense Agency and is an officer in the US Civil Air Patrol.Previous assignments include work with Army Cyber Command in Europe, US Air Force, and with commercial industry in various roles in information assurance and cybersecurity.He has traveled the globe performing physical and cybersecurity assessments on critical national defense and coalition systems.Dr. Murray has worked with NSA, FBI, CIA, and the US Defense and State Departments on various cyber initiatives and has over 20 years of IT, communications, and cybersecurity experience. He enjoys teaching and presenting as a guest lecturer on cybersecurity, business, and computer science courses for several universities. He has several industry-recognized certifications to include C|CISO, CISSP, and CRISC. He holds several degrees to include a Doctorate in Computer Science. He is an ISSA Executive CISO member, chapter advisor, and an ISSA Fellow. He is also a professional member of IEEE, ACM, (ISC)2, and an FBI InfraGard partner.He enjoys traveling with his family, researching and collaborating with other professionals in cybersecurity, and volunteers in his community as a soccer coach.
Ms. Alexander has over 30 years of experience in the cybersecurity profession, receiving multiple international industry recognition awards. She has held several positions as CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) for which she developed and managed corporate cybersecurity programs. She is now working as CISO and Cyber Risk Practice lead for NeuEon, Inc. assisting companies large and small to improve their cyber risk and security programs through effective business alignment.
Ms. Alexander is a leader within the cyber profession, where her contributions include being twice-elected as Information Systems Security Association’s (ISSA) International President, Chief Architect for the Cyber Security Career Lifecycle, and a long-standing Director on the International Board. She is also the inaugural President and past Board Member of the ISSA Education and Research Foundation. Ms. Alexander has been instrumental in establishing and co-leading the annual ISSA/ESG research project to better understand challenges face by cybersecurity professionals world-wide.
