2018 AFCEA TechNet Augusta Conference and Expo

Kenneth Williams, Ph.D.
Program Director for Cybersecurity
American Public University


Dr. Kenneth L Williams is the Program Director for Cybersecurity at American Public University; he is a retired US Army IT officer with 24 years of active service and seven years of federal service as a civilian for the US Army. He has taught cybersecurity and IT courses at APUS since Spring 2016 and at other universities since the Fall of 2010. He has a Graduate and a PhD degree in Cybersecurity from Capella University and has focused intently on various aspects of cybersecurity to include; compliance, governance, and other related aspects of cybersecurity mitigation. Dr. Williams also operated a small business focused on IT/cybersecurity services with the federal government and commercial sectors for several years and assisted several organizations with their cybersecurity issues as a consultant. Dr. Williams holds current certifications in cybersecurity and Information Technology to include the Sec+, Network+, Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)v3. He has written conference articles on cybersecurity, made presentations, and served as a subject matter expert in cybersecurity forums. For his PhD Dissertation he focused on cybersecurity governance; using participants from the Department of Defense in the study. Dr. Williams is a father of five children and a husband of 18 years. He lives in Gainesville VA, which is approximately 40 minutes west of Washington DC. When not working, researching or writing he enjoys spending time with my family, visiting the gym, and riding over long distances with his road bike.

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