Samuel Carter

About Samuel Carter

Samuel Carter is passionate about the design and development of innovative cybersecurity…

Experience

1. Systems Architect, Technology Infrastructure Lab

   The William And Ida Friday Institute For Educational Innovation

   Jul 2021 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US

   I support the Technology Infrastructure Lab at the Friday Institute in all matters of cybersecurity with a primary focus on improving the cybersecurity posture at K-12 Schools in North Carolina.NCDPI K-12 Cybersecurity Program (https://sci.fi.ncsu.edu/cybersecurity/)- Supported the development and implementation of the K-12 Cybersecurity program - Analyzed, developed, and vetted discovery data to establish common themes, opportunities, recommendations for program initiatives - Developed tactical and strategic projects for K-12 Cybersecurity Services - Engaged with ecosystem partners and entities across NC to coordinate collaboration and delivery of cybersecurity program goals - Frequent guest speaker at local and national EdTech and CyberSec conferencesIdentity and Access Management Cloud Service for State of NC K-12 Community - Defined the requirements and specifications through a statewide research and planning process - Lead the RFP procurement process for the new K-12 IAM cloud service - Developed the ongoing operational, service, and support model for new K-12 IAM cloud service - Presented regular updates to local, regional, and state executive stakeholders about service status - Serve as a subject matter expert on existing NCEdCloud IAM ServiceCybersecurity Awareness Program for State of NC K-12 Community - Developed statewide learning and awareness plan - Manage and support statewide KnowBe4 cybersecurity awareness platformAsset Discovery and Identification Service for State of NC K-12 Community - Defined the requirements and specifications for statewide asset discovery platform - Develop and lead pilot efforts for platform evaluation - Lead the procurement process for the new K-12 asset discovery service (runZero)- Developed the ongoing operational, service, and support model - Perform onboarding operations and support for runZero service

Education

• North Carolina State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, College of Engineering

  1999 — 2005

Skills

• Security
• Information Security
• System Administration
• Networking
• Virtualization
• Cloud Computing
• Identity Management
• Computer Security
• Systems Engineering
• Network Security
• Cryptography