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TPUADCONSULTING RICHARD A. WITHERS, CPP, CMAS, CISM
<br />—&SysrLMDES IGNGROUP..IAC— SENIOR CONSULTANT
<br />EDUCATION
<br />• M.A., Security Management
<br />Webster University, San Diego Campus, 1997
<br />• M.A., Computer Resources and Information
<br />Management, Webster University, San Diego Campus,
<br />1997
<br />• B.S., Criminal Justice and Criminology,
<br />University of Maryland, University College,
<br />1994
<br />• Former Adjunct Professor, University of Phoenix
<br />Online, College of Criminal Justice & Security:
<br />Security Management and Criminal Justice Graduate
<br />Programs
<br />PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
<br />I CERTIFICATIONS
<br />• Certified Protection Professional (CPP), ASIS
<br />International, (#727521), 1997
<br />• Certified Master Anti -Terrorism Specialist (CMAS),
<br />Anti- Terrorism Accreditation Board, 2007
<br />• Certified Information Security Manger (CISM),
<br />Information Systems Audit and Controls Association,
<br />(#0404401),2003
<br />• Certified in Homeland Security — CHS-III,
<br />(#101568), 2003;
<br />Fellow, American Board for Certification in
<br />Homeland Security, 2015
<br />• Infrastructure Liaison Officer (ILO), FBI - InfraGard-
<br />Los Angeles Chapter / DHS, 2010
<br />• Infrastructure Protection Certificate, DHS - TEEX, 2017
<br />AREAS OF EXPERTISE
<br />• Security Master Planning
<br />• Threat and Vulnerability Assessment
<br />• Enterprise Security Risk Management & Security
<br />Technology Convergence
<br />• Project Management
<br />• Counter -Terrorism / Counterintelligence / TSCM
<br />REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
<br />Mr. Withers is an internationally recognized subject matter
<br />expert with over 34 years of experience within the security
<br />industry. He is a Fellow, American Board For Certification in
<br />Homeland Security and Board Certified in Security Management
<br />as a Certified Protection Professional with an extensive
<br />background in Enterprise Security Risk Management;
<br />development, creation, and expansion of security policies,
<br />requirements, procedures, guidelines, specifications and
<br />organizational security architectures. His tenure as the Chief
<br />Security Officer (CSO) for several technical and Fortune 500
<br />companies allows him to provide clients with expertise regarding
<br />security risk management, physical, personnel, privacy, project,
<br />information, and cyber security. As a retired Counterintelligence
<br />Officer, Mr. Withers provides a solid hands-on background in
<br />force protection, counter -terrorism, counter -espionage, and
<br />Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM). He served as
<br />a Deputy Federal Security Director with the Transportation
<br />Security Administration, and is thoroughly familiar with laws,
<br />mandates, and recommendation for the Department of Homeland
<br />Security along with those homeland security requirements for
<br />utilities, ports, airports, and other transportation facilities. Mr.
<br />Withers is a member of the Association of Threat Assessment
<br />Professionals (ATAP) and InfraGard, an information sharing and
<br />analysis partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation
<br />(FBI) and the private sector.
<br />SELECTED PROJECT EXPEREINCE
<br />UTILITIES
<br />Massachusetts Water Resources Agency, Security Assessments —
<br />Boston, MA (2019)
<br />— Vulnerability assessment of 3 critical sites
<br />— Security Assessment Recommendations Report
<br />Tarrant Regional Water District, Security Assessments and
<br />Security Master Plan Consulting — Port Worth, TX (2017 — 2018)
<br />— Project Manager & Senior Security Consultant
<br />— Security Organization Concept of Operations
<br />— Security Master Plan
<br />— Vulnerability Assessments of 25 Facilities
<br />Contra Costa Water District, Security Assessments and
<br />Recommendations Report — Contra Costa, CA (2017)
<br />— Project Manager & Senior Security Consultant
<br />— Vulnerability Assessments oft Water Treatment Plants
<br />— Recommendations Report
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