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Sam Chun

Sam Chun Director, Cyber Security Practice U.S. Public Sector, HP Enterprise Services Hewlett-Packard Company Samuel Chun is the director of the Cybersecurity P...

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October 12, 2012 11:35 am

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Sam Chun
Director, Cyber Security Practice
U.S. Public Sector, HP Enterprise Services
Hewlett-Packard Company

Samuel Chun is the director of the Cybersecurity Practice for HP Enterprise Services U.S. Public Sector. He is responsible for the strategy, portfolio development and industry messaging of cybersecurity services and solutions for U.S. Public Sector clients.

Chun joined EDS, now HP, in 2008 from the joint program office of the Secure Information Sharing Architecture Alliance (SISA), a security consortium led by Microsoft, Cisco, and EMC for the global government market. Previously he was the director of information assurance for the Enterprise Technical Services Division of TechTeam Government Solutions where he served for 10 years in a variety of internal and external security roles, including leading the company’s compliance to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Chun holds a variety of industry certifications, including being a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He is an industry authority on information security and a prolific writer having been published in nearly 20 books and periodicals including the Information Security Management Handbook series, of which he serves as a regular contributor. He has also had articles published in works such as the Homeland Defense Journal, IT Security Magazine, Roll Call, and Government Security News.

Chun is a regular speaker at industry conferences and cyber security policy workshops and legislative briefings in Washington, DC. He recently provided expert testimony on the “State of Federal Information Security” at a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement.

Chun is an Assistant Professor (adjunct) in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at the University of Maryland University College and is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., where he received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.