Charles Fuller

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Focused on Leading Enterprise Cybersecurity & Cloud Transformation Initiatives

Role
Adjunct Professor at Kaplan University
Location
Manassas, VA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Charles Fuller

As a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), I have 25+ years of expertise in leading enterprise cybersecurity, cloud transformation, and regulatory compliance initiatives across DoD, DHS, and Fortune 500 environments. I am also well versed in cross-functional leadership, policy development, and stakeholder management. It is my passion and desire to deliver measurable risk reduction, operational resilience, and secure digital innovation.Key Achievements Include: Authored and institutionalized comprehensive governance policies and procedures, delivering organization-wide training and identifying key staffing needs that improved compliance readiness and workforce capability by 25% Conducted enterprise-wide threat and gap assessments, identifying and remediating critical vulnerabilities through targeted initiatives that reduced risk exposure by 40% and established standardized governance policies, procedures, and documentation frameworks Acted as a subject matter expert on DoD, FedRAMP, StateRAMP (SLED), CMMC, and NIST frameworks, guiding SaaS clients through go-to-market readiness by aligning customer environments with stringent regulatory and security standards, enabling faster product launches and sustained compliance Built and led a 15-member cross-functional team of engineers and auditors from the ground up within 30 days to scale compliance across global SaaS platforms, achieving FedRAMP ATO for Webex Calling, Webex Meetings, and Duo, and accelerating time to market by 6 months Accelerated customer acquisition by developing ROI-driven RFI/RFP content and compelling value propositions for AWS, Azure, and GCP solutions, contributing to a 20% increase in new client wins

Experience

  1. Adjunct Professor

    Kaplan University

    Jan 2018 — Present · IN, US

    Responsible for teaching graduate courses in cyber analysis, cyber security and information technology, cloud computing, cloud security, cloud architecture security and data analytics, networking concepts, TCP/IP on AWS/Azure/GCP cloud environments.

Education

  • Rutgers University

    B.S., Engineering

  • Capella University

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. Business), Business/Information Security

  • University of Phoenix

    MS CIS, Computer Information Systems

Skills

  • Program Management
  • System Architecture
  • Firewalls
  • Cloud Computing
  • Database Administration
  • Project Planning
  • Information Technology
  • Security Clearance
  • Software Development
  • Dod
  • Active Directory
  • Unix
  • Information Security
  • Data Security
  • Network Security
  • Diacap
  • Xacta
  • Systems Engineering
  • Cissp
  • Security
  • Fisma
  • Hbss
  • Database Security
  • Linux System Administration
  • Virtualization
  • Cloud Security
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Integration
  • Information Assurance
  • U.s. Department of Defense
  • Acas
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Security Management
  • Linux Security
  • Networking
  • Linux Server Administration
  • Penetration Testing
  • Computer Security
  • Linux

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