Profile

Jason Crossland

Senior CyberSecurity Engineer

Bio

Jason Crossland is a Senior Cyber Security Engineer Professional at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab within AOS QNI. He has more than 22 years of military commissioned and civilian experience in information assurance & systems, cyber-security engineering and software security applications, policy development, network, mission, and systems engineering, offensive and defensive cyber incident response/handling, mission focused cyber hardening for IT and OT/ICS, information system security program management oversight of deployable classified & unclassified networks & systems, and risk/threat management framework tactics, techniques, policies and procedures for DoD Secretary of Defense, CyberSecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and DHS systems and networks. Jason has served as the C4IT Intelligence and Information Assurance Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) charged with supporting, managing, and protecting mission critical enterprise and legacy information systems; providing and directing cyber security incident response actions through USCG CYBERCOM in support of DOD/JFHQ USCYBERCOM and DHS Security Operation Centers and missions; performing the duties of the Cyber Security Operations Center Deputy Branch Chief, and providing system engineering, process alignment, configuration management, and system integration activities for C5 Integrated Service Centers. Jason currently serves as a Reserve Commissioned USCG officer at the National Command Centers (NCC) Commandant Intel and Investigations Plot (CIIP). At JHU APL, Jason works on numerous Department of Defense (DoD) & DHS projects, which deal with cyber-security engineering for IT & OT Legacy & Enterprise, Platform IT (PIT), Defense Critical Infrastructure and Control System capabilities, IPDRR (NIST CSF), and processes which support cyber-resiliency/sustainability, and mission assurance/system engineering activities. Jason has been teaching collegiately for 9 years at the JHU Whiting School of Engineering Programs for Professionals. My goal is to make learning fun and enjoyable yet interesting, translating difficult concepts into manageable learning modules that can be easily understood. He hopes that students will be able to take theoretical ideas provided through lectures, readings, assignments, lab activities and discussions then apply what was learned to their professional careers.