Summer Fowler
Deputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions Directorate, Software Engineering Institute , Carnegie Mellon University
Summer Fowler is the Technical Director of the CERT Cyber Security Solutions Directorate in the CERT Program at Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Software Engineering Institute (SEI). Summer is responsible for executing the strategic plan for a research portfolio focused on improving the security and resilience of organizational assets, including people, information, technology, facilities, and infrastructures. The directorate’s key portfolio capabilities include security measurement and analysis, resilience process improvement, critical infrastructure resilience, secure lifecycle solutions, insider threat, cyber workforce training, exercise, and development, and forensics.
Before joining CERT in 2009, Summer was a member of the SEI’s Acquisition Support Program as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff focusing on systems engineering improvements and measurement. Summer has 15 years of experience in software and systems engineering, particularly in software development and systems engineering.
Previously, Summer was a Technical Member at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and a software engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation working on tactical ground systems. Summer holds a BS degree in Computer Science and a MS degree in Information Science/Telecommunications from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute and teaches a graduate level Information Technology Project Management course at the CMU Heinz School.
Outside of work Summer enjoys spending time with her husband and three kids. She is also an avid runner targeting several half-marathons a year.
Appearances
IdentificationRM1DateMay 13, 2015The escalation of cyber threats and recent attacks require leaders in business, government and public accounting to think differently about their risk management strategies and to assign higher priorities to cybersecurity planning and funding…Speakers
Governor of Pennsylvania & 1st Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chairman, Ridge Insurance Solutions & Chief Executive Officer, Ridge GlobalDeputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions Directorate, Software Engineering Institute , Carnegie Mellon UniversityChief Risk Officer at DocuSign, Advisory Board, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPresident, Ridge GlobalDeputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions, Directorate, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
IdentificationRM1DateMay 13, 2015The escalation of cyber threats and recent attacks require leaders in business, government and public accounting to think differently about their risk management strategies and to assign higher priorities to cybersecurity planning and funding…Speakers
President, Ridge GlobalDeputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions Directorate, Software Engineering Institute , Carnegie Mellon UniversityGovernor of Pennsylvania & 1st Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chairman, Ridge Insurance Solutions & Chief Executive Officer, Ridge GlobalDeputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions, Directorate, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon UniversityChief Risk Officer at DocuSign, Advisory Board, Carnegie Mellon University
Identification101DateNovember 16, 2015The escalation of cyberthreats and recent attacks requires leaders in business, government and public accounting to think differently about their risk management strategies and to assign higher priorities to cybersecurity planning and funding…Speakers
Technical Manager, CERT Division at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPresident, Ridge GlobalDeputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions Directorate, Software Engineering Institute , Carnegie Mellon UniversityDeputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions, Directorate, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Identification101DateNovember 16, 2015The escalation of cyberthreats and recent attacks requires leaders in business, government and public accounting to think differently about their risk management strategies and to assign higher priorities to cybersecurity planning and funding…Speakers
President, Ridge GlobalDeputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions Directorate, Software Engineering Institute , Carnegie Mellon UniversityTechnical Manager, CERT Division at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon UniversityDeputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions, Directorate, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University$79Standard Price
