User:JamesRLindley

Biographical Data on James R. Lindley James R. Lindley is a Senior Computer Engineer and Senior Analyst for the Internal Revenue Service Cybersecurity Security Engineering division’s Advanced Technical Analysis team, a group charged with performing static source code security analyses and dynamic application-focused testing. Previously, he was employed by GuardedNet Inc. of Atlanta GA as the Director of Training and by Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS) of Atlanta as the Senior Security and Products Instructor, the X-Force Anomaly Detection and Remediation Expert, and as Director of Internal Training for ISS Global Managed Security Services. Both firms are now part of IBM. Prior to joining ISS in 1999, Mr. Lindley retired from the U.S. Army as a Chief Warrant Officer, Fourth Class, while serving as Systems Integration Management Officer and Automated Intelligence Processing Officer for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the U.S. Army Reserve Command in Atlanta GA. Other U.S. Army positions include the Chief of the Automation Services Division for the Chief of Staff for Information Management of the 90th U.S. Army Reserve Command in San Antonio TX, and Senior Intelligence Instructor for Interrogation, Intelligence Analysis, and Psychological Operations at the U.S. Army Reserve Intelligence Support Center at Fort Dix NJ. He has served in the U.S. Army as a telegrapher, radio communications specialist, nuclear artillery survey mathematician, training officer, Civil Affairs broadcast supervisor, intelligence analyst, psychological operations team chief, interrogator, information automation officer, and as a Senior Military Instructor in a wide variety of military intelligence, security, and computer courses, primarily at the First U.S. Army Intelligence School at Fort Bragg NC. Mr. Lindley also spent over a decade in the broadcasting industry as a writer, talk-show host, news director, program director, and chief engineer. He has held other positions in other career fields. Mr. Lindley holds an Associate of Arts in ADP from Monterey Peninsula College of Monterey CA, a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies from Excelsior College of The University of the State of New York in Albany NY, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Southern Polytechnic State University of Marietta GA. He has additional graduate course work in Computer Resource Management at Webster University of St. Louis MO, and undergraduate work in Auditing and Business Management from University of Delaware in Newark DE, and Forensics from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg MS. Mr. Lindley holds a diploma in Russian and a diploma with honors in Czech and Slovak from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey CA. He also holds a large number of civilian and military training course diplomas and certificates, including a diploma in Broadcast Electronics from Cleveland Institute of Electronics in Cleveland OH. He has served as a speech arts instructor at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg MS, a political science instructor at Delaware Technical and Community College in Wilmington DE, an Audio-Visual Arts instructor at the University of Delaware’s College of Education in Newark DE, and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta GA and Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold MD.. Among other professional certifications, Mr. Lindley is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with additional (ISC)2 certifications as an Information Systems Security Architectural Professional (ISSAP), an Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP), and an Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP). He is a Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Systems Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model (SSE-CMM) Appraiser, Certified in Homeland Security at Level III (CHS-III), Certified C Programmer by the Institute of Certified Computer Professionals (ICCP), Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS 4013) System Administrator Certified, and A+ Certified by the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). He is a former holder of a First Class Radiotelephony Engineer Certificate from the Federal Communications Commission and has additional certifications as a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and a Certified Novell Engineer (CNE). Mr. Lindley is a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute of Forensic Science (AFCEI), the Information Security Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), the International Systems Security Engineering Association (ISSEA), the International Information Systems Forensics Association (IISFA), the Project Management Institute (PMI), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the United States Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA), and the Pi Kappa Delta National Honorary Forensics Society. Mr. Lindley’s hobbies are reading, computer programming, carpentry, and gardening. He is currently studying many information technology subjects. He is owned and operated by one wife, two daughters, two grand daughters, and two dogs.