Richard W. Morrison

About Richard W. Morrison

Rich is an experienced director level Cyber Security and Operations Program Management Professional with over twenty years of DOD, Federal, and state government, and healthcare enterprise level policy analysis, development, and implementation; compliance experience; servant leadership; project/program/portfolio management; operations management; business process analysis and transformation; business development and client engagement; and professional coaching and mentoring.Rich\'s professional certifications include the Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Project Management Professional, and CMMC Registered Practitioner. Mr. Morrison’s affiliations include Infragard, PMI, ISC2, AFCEA, and National Classification Management Society (NCMS).

Experience

1. Program Manager

   Red Canyon Technologies, Llc

   Dec 2022 — Present · Memphis, TN, US

   Responsible for leading an eleven-person remote team providing support to the United States Indian Health Service’s IT Operations Division• Drove 100% expansion of team during course of contract lifecycle• Increased contract value from initial award value of $8 million to $10 million current value• Program Focus Areas include:o OMB M-21-31 Logging and Monitoring support: performing discovery and validation of IHS’s logging sources utilizing Splunk Enterprise Services and Splunk Cloudo Linux System Administration: performing system health monitoring, vulnerability management, and system administrationo ISSO Operations: supporting IHS’s RMF based system assessment and accreditation program and implementation of Archer o Providing program management oversight, client engagement, and status reporting for a $8 million contract to help IHS validate achieve M-21-31 logging maturity compliance during the life of the programo Serving as the Technical Lead for ISSO Operations, providing leadership and mentoring for the ISSO team, and senior level RMF and NIST guidance for all accreditation and assessment activitiesSkills: Risk Management Framework (RMF) · NIST 800-53 · Government · Program Management · Government Contracting

Education

• Stetson University

  B.A., Political Science

  1988 — 1992

Skills

• Software Documentation
• Government Contracting
• Process Improvement
• Management
• Computer Security
• Security Policy
• Project Planning
• Security+
• Cissp
• Disaster Recovery
• Leadership
• Proposal Writing
• Security Management
• Diacap
• Policy
• Military
• Information Security Management
• Project Governance
• Information Assurance
• Command
• Systems Engineering
• Government
• Federal Government
• Dod
• National Security
• Training
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Strategy
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Team Leadership
• Enterprise Architecture
• Top Secret
• Analysis
• Program Management
• Air Force
• Governance
• Vulnerability Management
• Intelligence Analysis
• Defense