Les Cardwell

Dr. Les Cardwell is an Enterprise Data Architect at Central Lincoln People’s Utility District on the Oregon Coast, one of the a recipients of the ARRA Smart Grid Grants. He received his doctorate (DCS-DSS) from Colorado Technical University, and received both a MIT and BIT from American InterContinental University. Les is a subject matter expert (SME) for the DOE’s Electric Subsector Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (ES-C2M2), is a Certified Enterprise Architect (EACOE), and an evangelist for solving the Cybersecurity challenges through an Enterprise Architecture perspective. His experience spans 30 years improving ICT efficiencies, with a passion for reducing complexity to its simplest form.

Journal Articles

The Efficacy and Challenges of SCADA and Smart Grid Integration

The advent and evolution of the Smart Grid initiative to improve the electric utility power infrastructure has brought with it a number of opportunities for improving efficiencies, but along with those benefits come challenges in the effort to assure safety,…
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CSIAC Journal - Launching Innovation Through Medical Modeling and Simulation Technologies

This edition of the CSIAC Journal highlights three very different views of complex situations where AI might, should, and does intersect with our ability to use AI effectively.

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The DoD Cybersecurity Policy Chart

This chart captures the tremendous breadth of applicable policies, some of which many cybersecurity professionals may not even be aware, in a helpful organizational scheme.

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CSIAC Report - JFAC/DAU/CSIAC Cyber Experiment (CYBEX)

This report details key concerns discussed during the JFAC/DAU/CSIAC Software Assurance (SwA) Cyber Experiment (CYBEX). In addition to evaluating newly developed SwA guides for program managers and developers, the exchange included addressing/bringing back foundational software/system engineering concepts to address root of fundamental SwA issues as well as adopting common language in the areas of functionality and risk in order to identify issues early.

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CSIAC Report - Emerging Developments in Cyberlaw: 2019

CSIAC SME and member of the American Bar Association’s Information Security Committee, Richard “Rick” Aldrich, gives a snapshot of emerging developments in cyberlaw, policy, standards, court cases and industry legal frameworks. These slides focus on emerging issues such as consumer privacy rights, forensic border search of computers, search consent, biometrics, expectations of privacy from cloud providers, and cyber insurance.

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