Sherod Cooper

Cybersecurity & Information Assurance Leader | TS/SCI | ISSM | DoD RMF | 20+ Years in Cyber Ops, Network Defense, & IA Program Management| Navy Veteran

Role
Cybersecurity Infrastructure Lead at MANTECH
Location
Chesapeake, VA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Sherod Cooper

Results-driven cybersecurity and information assurance professional with over 20 years of…

Experience

  1. Cybersecurity Infrastructure Lead

    MANTECH

    Aug 2023 — Present · US

    Directed 33 Sailors in managing $2M+ in Deployable Mobile Support System–Navy (DMSS-N) kits. Ensured full mission readiness and 100% uptime across 3 Defense Enterprise Cyber Range Events (DECRE), 10 Unit-Level Trainings, 4 Cyber Hunt operations, and 1 Quick Reaction Force mission- As Battle Watch Captain (BWC), led incident response for 150+ alerts and 30 cyber events affecting 3,800+ commands. Issued 12 official cybersecurity directives and trained 6 Sailors for BWC qualifications- Spearheaded the first DMSS-N deployment aboard a shipboard weapon system, collecting and analyzing over 150TB of network data, significantly advancing the team’s network analysis capabilities- Designed and delivered Network Technician training adopted by all Cyber Protection Teams across the DoD. Led training for 16 Sailors, achieving 100% qualification rate- Reviewed and corrected 8 SOPs governing DMSS-N operations. Oversaw 200+ hours of quarterly software updates across three fly-away kits to maintain full operational capability.

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