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Clayton Henry

Brookeville

Summary

A seasoned U.S. Officer with 10+ years of cybersecurity training experience. I excel in developing cutting-edge cybersecurity training and leading high-stakes cyber operations. With expertise in curriculum design and operations management, I've successfully enhanced the capabilities of over a 1,000 active duty cybersecurity personnel. Experienced training professional with a motivational style and positive attitude. Adept at engaging students with the material by incorporating varied technologies, materials and aids. Proven skills in organizing, multitasking and resolving conflicts.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

UMGC Adjunct Professor

University Of Maryland Global Campus
12.2024 - Current
  • Taught Cybersecurity and Cyber Operations courses, providing instruction to up to 30 undergraduate students per course.
  • Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.
  • Graded quizzes, tests, homework, discussion forums, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
  • Strengthened critical thinking skills in students through the incorporation of problem-based learning activities.

Technical Advisor

Joint Cyber Training Enterprise
12.2024 - Current
  • Served as primary point of contact for triaging technical issues with the Persistent Cyber Training Environment.
  • Primary technical lead on incorporating new features into a large scale training platform including new technologies, training content, ticketing solutions, and software packages.
  • Enforced use of prescribed technical procedures, designing monitoring protocols to confirm compliance with guidelines.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring optimal integration of new technologies and systems.
  • Contributed technical oversight to assist team project fulfillment.
  • Standardized IT procedures and protocols, streamlining workflows for greater efficiency and ease of use across the organization.

Cyber Qualification Training Lead

U.S. Navy Active Duty
05.2023 - Current
  • Developed and designed realistic training content for Cyber Protection Teams
  • Created a 9-week training curriculum with a 2-week assessment for 13 personnel to demonstrate cyber defensive operational expertise
  • Delivered multi-week cybersecurity training and planning courses to classrooms of 20+
  • Led 32 personnel in developing and delivering a sustained training and certification cycle for 17 U.S. Navy Cyber teams, totaling over 300 Sailors and civilian personnel

Cybersecurity Training Platform Requirements Owner

U.S. Navy Active Duty
03.2020 - 03.2023
  • Collected and refined thousands of user stories for inclusion into sprint planning for PCTE features.
  • Served as the primary point of contact for all Navy Cybersecurity training requirements for content development in PCTE.
  • Created briefing material for the Commander of 10th Fleet on PCTE utilization, training hours, user access, and sustainment of training and mission rehearsals.

Cyber Planner

U.S. Navy Active Duty
02.2017 - 10.2019

· Led planning for all cyber operations conducted by Cyber Protection Team 02.

· Planned operations offsite from DOD networks, engaging with customers to scope their network and technologies.

· Aligned team HUNT capabilities to customer networks, ensuring mission commander's intent was met.

· Hunted for Advanced Persistent Threats on networks globally.

· Maintained a deployable data collection platform and analysis toolkit, consisting of dozens of Linux and Windows analysis VMs and licensed tool suites.

· Led host and forensic analysis on missions, conducting incident response and adversarial HUNT.

Incident Response Lead

U.S. Navy Active Duty
02.2014 - 02.2017
  • Led 36 personnel in processing and analyzing thousands of malware and forensic artifacts.
  • Maintained a 24/7 365 watchfloor of 36 malware and forensic analysts.
  • Conducted Incident Response missions across DOD networks.
  • Gathered evidence of adversarial activity and led analysis to discover new analytic signatures for the Navy's sensor suites.
  • Drafted reports on thousands of events and published them to Navy intelligence agencies.
  • Led forensics analyst and team lead for all Incident Response actions.

Navy Red Team Penetration Tester

U.S. Navy Active Duty
02.2011 - 02.2014
  • Conducted in depth penetration tests of Navy networks afloat and on shore.
  • Emulated nation state actors and advanced persistent threats while conducting penetration tests.
  • Drafted risk mitigation plans and technical writings on all findings.
  • Worked with local defenders to apply corrective measures to tested networks.

Education

Master of Science - Cybersecurity Management And Policy

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
10.2022

Bachelor of Science - Computer Networks And Cybersecurity

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
05.2021

Skills

  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Train-the-Trainer
  • Virtual Training
  • Technical writing
  • Learning Management Systems
  • Lesson Planning
  • Operations Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Curriculum Design
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Critical Thinking

Timeline

UMGC Adjunct Professor

University Of Maryland Global Campus
12.2024 - Current

Technical Advisor

Joint Cyber Training Enterprise
12.2024 - Current

Cyber Qualification Training Lead

U.S. Navy Active Duty
05.2023 - Current

Cybersecurity Training Platform Requirements Owner

U.S. Navy Active Duty
03.2020 - 03.2023

Cyber Planner

U.S. Navy Active Duty
02.2017 - 10.2019

Incident Response Lead

U.S. Navy Active Duty
02.2014 - 02.2017

Navy Red Team Penetration Tester

U.S. Navy Active Duty
02.2011 - 02.2014

Master of Science - Cybersecurity Management And Policy

University of Maryland Global Campus

Bachelor of Science - Computer Networks And Cybersecurity

University of Maryland Global Campus
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