Helping You Avoid the "Evils of the Internet!"
About Us
Why Johnny Security Seed(R)
While creating the Computer Security Program for Mission Operations at Johnson Space Center, I was also teaching college classes at night. One day on a trip from Houston to Austin I stopped into a Wendy's. The lady behind the counter said, "I know you. You are the professor that taught me about computers. Today is my last day in this job. Tomorrow I start a job using what you taught me."
It is difficult to put value into helping others, but the mission here is do just that.
The name is an obvious spinoff of Johnny Appleseed. Where he planted apple seeds, we are planting security seeds to accomplish the mission.
The Johnny Security Seed Mission
To educate people about the risks to their information and to motivate people to become Cyber Security Professionals. We also provide cybersecurity advisory services.
The home of Cyber Security Sam TM
If we keep one child or grandparent from being scammed, or one company from being hacked, or enable one business to be able to avoid a cyber event, we will have accomplished our mission.
JOHNNY SECURITY SEED (R) Advantage
Whereas most businesses are focused on the creation of income, as our mission points out, we are here to improve the awareness and processes by which individuals and companies can protect their information.
In the place of getting advice from a person that may have studied information protection for maybe 10 years, Johnny Security Seed provides you guidance from a certified, seasoned, information security professional who helped to define our industry and who has created several security programs.
Our focus is to provide you with the WHAT and the WHY you need to protect your information. We will then direct you to WHO can do the HOW (with our continued guidance if requested). This allows you total ownership of the protection of your data at a price that you can afford.
Expertise
Rich Owen is the principal contributor to Johnny Security Seed, LLC. He began his cyber security adventure in the in the Army Security Agency (ASA). The primary customer of the ASA was the National Security Agency (NSA). In the ASA he performed the duties as an Electronic Warfare (EW)/Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) systems repair supervisor.
He has B.S. degrees in Management and Computer Science from the University of Maryland.
He developed several information security programs to include:
Mission Operations, Johnson Space Center, NASA
Texas, Office of the Attorney General
Early Warning Services
American Traffic Solutions
Cable One
Along the way, Rich was awarded the "Silver Snoopy" by the astronauts for the program that he created to protect the information and computer systems upon which their lives depended. He and his team were given a Continuous Improvement Award by the NASA Administrator, for doing so and avoiding over $25M in cost.
Rich has also contributed to the profession and information security industry. He contributed to the creation of many standards and solutions that we use today.
Accomplishments include:
Harold F. Tipton Lifetime Achievement Award - (ISC)2
Information Security Hall of Fame - ISSA
Past international president - ISSA
Distinguished Fellow - ISSA
Honor Roll - ISSA
Fellow - Ponemon Institute
Rich has the following certifications:
CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CPP, FAIR, ITIL, IAM/IEM, DTM
Johnny Security Seed LLC
4412 E la Estancia Cir Cave Creek, AZ 85331 US
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New Book Released
"The Alchemy of Information Protection: A Cybersecurity Druid's Spell Book" has been released. Although it will be enjoyed by CISOs, it was written for the Non-Cybersecurity Executive and the person who is tasked with creating a security program.