Kevin P. Adler
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Credentials
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Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
IAPP - International Association of Privacy ProfessionalsAug, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)
IAPP - International Association of Privacy ProfessionalsJun, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
License to Practice Law in the District of Columbia
DC Court of Appeals -
Nebraska Law License
The Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska
Experience
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BizCom Global
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Cybersecurity & Privacy Advisor
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Sep 2023 - Present
I am supporting BizCom Global and RiskLOK™, its new Compliance as a Service product. I seek to bring a process-oriented approach to a checkbox world, providing access to compliance services to organizations across the spectrum.
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General Counsel
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Aug 2023 - Present
I am supporting BizCom Global as a General Counsel across all of its ventures. I seek to provide practical advice in the ever-changing world of cybersecurity, privacy, and technology.
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Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black
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United States
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Legal Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Associate
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May 2021 - May 2023
Taking a whole of reality approach, I assist communities, members of critical infrastructure, and industry to quickly and effectively recover from cybersecurity and data privacy breaches, identify potential pitfalls with new and novel uses of technology, and structure programs for success despite a constantly changing legal landscape. Taking a whole of reality approach, I assist communities, members of critical infrastructure, and industry to quickly and effectively recover from cybersecurity and data privacy breaches, identify potential pitfalls with new and novel uses of technology, and structure programs for success despite a constantly changing legal landscape.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
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Washington D.C. Metro Area
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Presidential Management Fellow
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Apr 2019 - Apr 2021
Competitively selected for prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship. Assisted in the transformation of the Securing the Cities (STC) program from a pure grant basis to an acquisition program under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, briefed senior leadership on complex legal and regulatory requirements, and worked across the department to start new acquisition process. Updated STC implementation plan for release to Congress. Advised the Department of Homeland Security’s BioWatch and Chemical Defense programs on intergovernmental State/Local/Tribal/Territorial) agreements. Shaped the BioDetection for the 21st Century (BD-21) concept of operations and wrote stakeholder engagement plan. Show less
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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United States
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Presidential Management Fellow
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Nov 2019 - Jan 2021
Selected by the Principal Deputy Chief Counsel to join CISA’s Office of the Chief Counsel. Provided legal support on regulatory, chemical security, cybersecurity, infrastructure security, legislative, unmanned aerial vehicle, and supply chain security issues. Selected as the sole attorney on the CISA COVID-Crisis Action Team. Collected, created, and disseminated a daily summary of all 54 state and territory reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reworked the request for information (RFI) process to ensure sensitive information remained protected. Wrote memoranda and briefed senior leadership on legal impact of novel technologies, and the agency’s role in the Defense Production Act process. Selected by the CISA Chief Counsel to participate in intercomponent investigation of a departmental component, based upon my identification of a potential legal issue. Show less
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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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United States
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Law Clerk
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Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
I directly assisted the NASA Launch Services Program ("LSP") CC-LS legal function and senior counsel (located at Kennedy Space Center, Florida) in the provision of top-quality legal advice, assistance, and counsel to the responsible Program officials for all: (1) space/aviation law centric and related issues, Government procurement, fiscal, labor, and administrative legal matters concerning a multi-billion dollar Program execution guaranteeing access to space for the delivery of on-time, on-orbit, and on-cost launch assets satisfying United States Government space transportation requirements; (2) resolving a myriad of legal and administrative issues concerning 420 government/contractor personnel implementing requirements for the launch of Expendable Launch Vehicles (ELVs) and carriers; and, (3) ensuring overall mission success through managing, directing, and evaluating legal issues of all ongoing launch operations and activities including ELV engineering and analysis, payload integration, launch site support, and campaigns related to world's largest launch services contracting activity. Show less
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United States Department of Defense
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Honors Extern
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Jan 2018 - May 2018
Competitively selected to be Department of Defense Office of General Counsel's (International Affairs) honors extern. Created, researched, briefed, and reviewed international agreements, letters to congress, internal and external memos for appointment level consumers, client policies and reports on international affairs, regulatory space issues, cooperative threat reduction, counter insurgency, personnel exchanges, the Defeat ISIS strategy, civilian casualties, and legal justification for U.S. involvement in Yemen. Show less
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United States Strategic Command
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United States
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Armed Forces
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100 - 200 Employee
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Pathways Intern- Strategic Planning and Policy
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Sep 2016 - Dec 2017
As a Pathways Intern at Headquarters J55 at United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), I was selected as Junior Civilian of the Quarter for co-authoring a major revision of multiple foundational contingency planning support documents for an actor of concern, and for support in planning, designing, and briefing the USSTRATCOM Academic Alliance Table Top Exercise to national security students, professors, and practitioners. I further, assisted in the creation of a new USSTRATCOM contingency plan against a potential adversary, where I gave major briefings on the implications of space, cyber, and international law to the affected members of the planning team, and was a key research component in examining the impacts of proxy forces and Violent Extremist Organizations to national security. Show less
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University of Nebraska College of Law
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Assistant
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Aug 2016 - Dec 2017
I was working as a research assistant in support of a coming text book examining the legal aspects of cyber security to be used by both students and practitioners. My work included editing sections of the book, providing material to draft from, and writing information papers for the authors, and providing subject matter information and expertise on cyber and cyber warfare and deterrence. I was working as a research assistant in support of a coming text book examining the legal aspects of cyber security to be used by both students and practitioners. My work included editing sections of the book, providing material to draft from, and writing information papers for the authors, and providing subject matter information and expertise on cyber and cyber warfare and deterrence.
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US Navy
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern- Judge Advocate General
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May 2015 - Jul 2015
Was one of only 54 selected nationwide for the Navy’s most prestigious legal internship at Norfolk Naval Station, the largest naval base in the world. Work included: resolving legal and policy questions for commanders, writing legal articles for Navy-wide consumption, assisting and investigating for administrative separation boards, drafting statements and questions for the government JAG in administrative separations boards, writing proposals for a change of naval criminal policy, researching the jurisdiction of properties owned by the navy in support of a Region wide initiative. Show less
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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May 2014 - Mar 2015
Worked as a researcher on an interdisciplinary project aimed at the nexus of water, conflict and cooperation.The project hoped to bridge the academic gap between national security, human rights, international law, and philosophical approaches to water security. Focus areas included: water security, water management, culture and water, human security, and international law.
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Researcher - Undergraduate Creative Activity and Research Experience Grant
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May 2013 - May 2014
Competitively selected for an undergraduate research grant examining how elite youth in Turkey view religion in politics. The goal of the study was to see if there could be a change in the elite political culture of Turkey in the future. The study itself involved cultivating contacts with elite youth, interviewing students about politics and religion, and studying trends in contemporary Turkish politics.
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Study of the United States Institute Ambassador (SUSI)
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Lincoln, Nebraska Area
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Student Ambassador
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Oct 2014 - Feb 2015
SUSI is a State Department funded institute that brings students from the Southern tip of Africa to the United States to teach them about the US, introduce them to American civil society, and teach them how to engage in their own communities. Work included: planning events where they would learn more about American culture and meet more Americans. Additionally, I was responsible for their safety and wellbeing throughout the trip. SUSI is a State Department funded institute that brings students from the Southern tip of Africa to the United States to teach them about the US, introduce them to American civil society, and teach them how to engage in their own communities. Work included: planning events where they would learn more about American culture and meet more Americans. Additionally, I was responsible for their safety and wellbeing throughout the trip.
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Education
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2015 - 2018
University of Nebraska College of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law -
2012 - 2015
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science & Global Studies -
2014 - 2014
Bilkent University
Exchange Semester, International Relations -
2013 - 2013
Ataturk University
Bridging Cultures International Summer School, International Relations and Affairs
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