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Graydon S. McKee IV

Graydon McKee is currently the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ascension Risk Management, a national risk management consulting firm specializing in assisting public and private sector organizations achieve aggressive risk management objectives.  Graydon brings over 10 years of experience in Risk Management and Information Security to the Ascension.  He is an accomplished Risk Management/Information Security professional with extensive experience in developing and implementing Information Risk Management and Information Security Programs to clients in both the public and private sector.  

 

Graydon is a recognized leader in government regulatory compliance (Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and the Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process compliance (DITSCAP/DIACAP)) and has taught the process to over 2,000 individuals representing over 600 federal government agencies and offices.  

 

Graydon has served as a Manager in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Security and Privacy Practice where he has assisted clients to redesign and implement reasonable Information Security Policy (Large Financial Institution) as well as assess and evaluate the need for Managed Security Services (Large Financial Institution). He interfaces both with the client’s senior management team and the technical team on business, systems architectural and technical issues.  Graydon has also served as a Senior Security Architect with the Unisys Federal Information Security Practice serving clients such as:

  • Department of Justice;

  • Department of Homeland Security – United States Coast Guard;

  • An Intelligence Agency;

  • General Services Administration; and the

  • United States Capitol Police.

 

Graydon received his education at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont (Master of Science in Information Assurance) where he graduated with High Honors and Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts – Sociology).  Graydon achieved the professional designation of Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in 2004 and the Global Information Assurance Certification in 2003.  

 

Graydon has been recognized for “Outstanding Contributions to Federal Government Information System Security Education” by the Potomac Forum, Ltd; a non-profit educational foundation. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), awarded the 2005 Unisys Global Gold Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to Information Security and Unisys and recognized by Unisys Customers as “significantly contributing to their business success” in a 2005-2006 Customer Satisfaction Survey.  Graydon has been published in Network World, CSO Magazine and Government Computer News.

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