Authentication and authorization both due for major upgrade

Tom Temin has been the host of the Federal Drive since 2006. Tom has been reporting on and providing insight to technology markets for more than 30 years. Prior to joining Federal News Radio, Tom was a long-serving editor-in-chief of Government Computer News and Washington Technology magazines. Tom also contributes a regular column on government information technology.

Mr. Ron Bewtra is the Chief Technology Office of the Department of Justice (DOJ) since 2015. He is responsible for advancement of the mission through use of technological resources. He serves as principal advisor to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Information Resources Management/Chief Information Officer (CIO) on DOJ's information technology (IT) strategic direction, development, and growth.

Since joining DOJ’s senior executive leadership team, Mr. Bewtra has led several initiatives to include developing and implementing the Department's Network and Cloud roadmaps, and the development of a department-wide Technical Reference Architecture.

Mr. Bewtra previously served as the CTO of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where he was responsible for the big data partnership initiative with the goal of seeking collaborators to extract value from data, launch new businesses and create jobs. During his time at NOAA, Mr. Bewtra led the agency’s research and development high performance computing.

Gregory (Greg) Crabb was named vice president, chief information security officer in March 2017. Crabb acted in this role since July 2016. He has played a critical role in the Postal Service’s ongoing information security transformation. He reports to the chief information officer and executive vice president.

Crabb is responsible for protecting the Postal Service — its employees, customers, critical infrastructure, and information systems — against present and future digital threats. He leads a team of information security professionals in defining and executing the Postal Service’s information security strategy, as well as educating stakeholders and the public about the information security mission. He directs, in conjunction with the Inspection Service, the investigative response to violations of laws that defend the nation’s mail system from cybercrime and misuse. Crabb also leads efforts in developing secure digital solutions designed to support new and innovative product offerings and strengthen the Postal Service’s business processes.

A United States Postal Inspector for more than 21 years, Crabb has led multiple Inspection Service strategies focusing on investigating cybercrime, protecting revenue, strengthening export screening processes and protecting Postal Service assets. His past assignments with the Inspection Service include Inspector in Charge of Revenue, Product and Global Security; Assistant Inspector in Charge, Global Cyber Investigations; and Projects Coordinator, International Fraud, for the San Francisco division.

Crabb has guided multiple teams in support of the U.S. Postal Service Computer Incident Response Team, other law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community, including the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. He initiated and led the Inspection Service’s coordination with Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute, and has worked with the Resilience Management Program to improve the security of the U.S. Mail.

Before beginning his postal career, Greg earned a bachelor of arts degree in accounting from North Central College in Naperville, IL. He also is a graduate of the Postal Service’s Advanced Leadership and Executive Leadership programs.

Mr. Stephen Wallace is the Technical Director of the Development and Business Center at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). His responsibilities include the integration of a multitude of commercial and government owned technologies in support of emerging Agency technologies, including Software Defined Networking and Assured Identity.

Previously, Mr. Wallace served as the Technical Director of DISA’s Cyber Directorate, Chief of Cyber Innovation and chief engineer for DoD Enterprise Email at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

Prior to joining DISA, Mr. Wallace was an employee of Computer Sciences Corporation as a government contractor. During this time he worked to build a variety of enterprise class collaboration, identity management, and authentication systems for the Federal Government.

Wallace holds a Master of Science degree in Cyber Security, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications, both from Capitol College. He holds a CISSP certification, and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executive Program.

Sean Frazier has spent 25 years in technology; spending most of those years working in cyber security in the public sector with companies like Netscape, Loudcloud/Opsware, Bluebox and Mobileiron.

Paul Grassi is the SVP of Cybersecurity for Easy Dynamics Corp. Mr. Grassi is responsible to helping clients mature effective cybersecurity programs via an appropriate mixture of policy, process, technology, and operations. Prior to joining EDC, he was the Senior Standards and Technology Advisor and Lead for Digital Identity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His portfolio included NIST 800-63, leading contributions to NIST 800-53 and the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), multiple identity projects in the National Cyber Security Center of Excellence, and leading USG activity in various standards orgs, namely FIDO, IETF, and X9.

Mr. Grassi has a broad background of technology and management consulting, and significant experience developing enterprise security strategies and systems, having served a range of Fortune 500 companies, as well as domestic and foreign governments.