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Ted Shorter leads the strong authentication practice for CSS and also serves as a Principal Consultant. In this role, Ted oversees delivery for all engagements that require authentication and authorization services. Ted has provided oversight to dozens of private-sector enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployments, in multiple vertical markets including: Finance, Manufacturing, Aerospace, e-Commerce, and Healthcare. He has also consulted as a subject matter expert in large enterprise smart card deployments. Ted's group specializes in the following areas: PKI including certificate management services, smartcards, Kerberos, tokens, SAML, and a wide variety of additional security protocols.
Ted has worked in the security arena for over 16 years, in the fields of cryptography, application security, authentication and authorization services, and software vulnerability analysis. His past experience includes 10 years at the National Security Agency, a Masters Degree in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University, and an active CISSP certification.
As a Computer Scientist and Team Lead at NSA, Ted briefed high-level government officials, including Presidential advisors and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ted also served as lead software developer on a contract with the Department of Defense to integrate Biometric authentication with the DoD Common Access Card program. | 