As a Senior Security Engineer and GS-15 individual contributor at GSA’s Technology…

• aegis-boot

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  Rust UEFI Secure Boot rescue environment, 48 stars. It lets an operator pick any ISO off a USB stick and kexec into it without leaving the Secure Boot chain of trust. Keys are enrolled per ISO rather than trusting one shared MOK. 27 tagged releases, documented ADRs, OpenSSF Scorecard. github.com/aegis-boot/aegis-boot

• mcp-standards-server

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  Model Context Protocol server that gives an AI assistant context-aware NIST 800-53r5 compliance checking, with rule-based standard selection and code analysis across six languages. PyPI-published. github.com/williamzujkowski/mcp-standards-server

• nexus-agents

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  Open-source control plane for AI coding agents. Adversarial multi-voter PR review, a tamper-evident hash-chained audit trail, and a bounded authority ladder, so an agent never holds more autonomy than it has earned. npm-published, with OpenSSF Best Practices and Scorecard badges. github.com/nexus-substrate/nexus-agents

• NIH OCIO Contractor Exceptional Performance Recognition

  Darryl Bowles, Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.

  Jun 2022

  In recognition of my extraordinary work for NIH and my continuing commitment to excellence.

• NHLBI Exceptional Performance Recognition

  Alastair Thomson, CIO, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

  Sep 2018

  For unsolicited widespread praise from users for providing exceptional customer service and technical support.

• Certificate of Excellence

  David Affeldt, CEO of GRSi

  May 1, 2018

  In recognition of my extraordinary work for NHLBI and my continuing commitment to excellence.

• ACM SIGHPC

  Member

  Apr 2023 - Present

  Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing

• International Association for Cryptologic Research

  Member

  The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields. Cryptology is the science and practice of designing computation and communication systems which are secure in the presence of adversaries.

• OSCAL Foundation

  Member

  The Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) is a machine-readable language that simplifies and standardizes information system security assessments through the exchange of information via automation. Originally developed by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology in collaboration with FedRAMP and industry, OSCAL aims to improve the efficiency, timeliness, accuracy, and consistency of system security assessments. The OSCAL Foundation is dedicated to furthering the…

  The Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) is a machine-readable language that simplifies and standardizes information system security assessments through the exchange of information via automation. Originally developed by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology in collaboration with FedRAMP and industry, OSCAL aims to improve the efficiency, timeliness, accuracy, and consistency of system security assessments. The OSCAL Foundation is dedicated to furthering the development and adoption of the OSCAL standards. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization seeking 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status recognition. https://oscalfoundation.org/

• The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)

  Member

  The Open Web Application Security Project® (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the security of software. Through community-led open-source software projects, hundreds of local chapters worldwide, tens of thousands of members, and leading educational and training conferences, the OWASP Foundation is the source for developers and technologists to secure the web.

• USENIX - The Advanced Computing Systems Association

  Member

  Since 1975, USENIX has brought together the community of engineers, system administrators, SREs, researchers, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the computing world. USENIX conferences have become the essential meeting grounds for the presentation and discussion of the most advanced information on the development of all aspects of computing systems.

• Samuel Popoola, CISSP-ISSAP, CGRC, CGEIT, CRISC, CISM

  Samuel Popoola, CISSP-ISSAP, CGRC, CGEIT, CRISC, CISM

  U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  26K followers

  Washington, DC

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