Mr. Jerry L. Davis, CISSP, PMP
Deputy CIO, IT Security
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Jerry L. Davis is the Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO), IT Security for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Jerry's role is to provide thought leadership and oversee all aspects of Information Security and privacy for the Agency to include the development and implementation of enterprise-wide IT security engineering and architecture, IT security governance and IT security operations capabilities. Jerry's division also generates IT and data security solutions and services to the Agency's Space Operations, Science, Exploration Systems and Aeronautics Research Mission Directorates programs and projects, while protecting and enabling $1.7 billion in annual IT investments.

Previously, Jerry served as the DCIO for the Department of Education overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Department's enterprise-wide IT infrastructure. During his tenure at the Department, Jerry also served as the Department's first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Director, Information Assurance (IA). In this role, Jerry's teams proactively protected and enabled over $500 million dollars in annual IT investments, which supported the $400 billion dollar grants and loans portfolio.

Jerry was one of the principal thought leaders in the design, implementation and management of the District of Columbia's first city-wide IT Security program and served as the Manager of Wide Area Network (WAN) Security Architecture. Jerry also held positions as a senior security consultant with several Fortune 500 consulting firms, serving clients in the Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD) and federal civilian agencies. Jerry held a staff position with the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Directorate of Operations (DO) for several years. Jerry is a decorated combat veteran serving with the United States Marine Corps during the First Gulf War and trained as a Counterintelligence Specialist with focus on Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations. He holds a masters degree in network security from a National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Excellence in Information Assurance and a bachelors of science in business with a concentration in IT security. Jerry has done doctoral work in the field of information systems and holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification and completed both the CIA Analytical Risk Management (ARM) and the NSA InfoSec Assessment Methodology (NSA-IAM) courses. Mr Davis was a top four finalist for the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Region Information Security Executive of the Year and a nominee for the 2008 North America Information Security Executive of the Year.