Dennis M. Allen
CERT
Dennis M. Allen is an SEI alumni employee.
Dennis M. Allen is the Cyber Training Technical Manager for the CERT Cyber Workforce Development (CWD) directorate, at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a unit of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, PA. CWD has implemented several cutting edge training solutions for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal Government. Dennis received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY), and a Master of Science in Information Assurance from Norwich University (Northfield, VT).
Dennis has been with the SEI for 13 years and has more than 25 years of information technology and security experience with fortune 500 companies, government and military organizations, and many small businesses. He has delivered numerous professional training classes, presented at industry conferences. Dennis is continuously looking for innovative ways to improve education, training, and assessment for our next generation cyber warriors.
Publications by Dennis M. Allen
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Challenge Development Guidelines for Cybersecurity Competitions
October 27, 2022 • Technical Report
Jarrett BoozLeena AroraJoseph Vessella
This paper draws on the SEI’s experience to provide general-purpose guidelines and best practices for developing effective cybersecurity challenges.
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Cyber Workforce Development and the Cybersecurity Engineer
September 24, 2020 • Video
Dennis M. AllenMatthew J. Butkovic
Matthew Butkovic interviews Dennis Allen on how the Cyber Workforce Development (CWD) team aims to reduce the cost and shorten the time required to build cybersecurity expertise and amplify that expertise to a globally distributed workforce.
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SCADASim Intro
June 03, 2019 • Video
Dennis M. Allen
This video features an overview of SCADASim, a simulation the SEI has deployed in a dozen hands-on training events to represent military flight line controls, critical infrastructure sectors, and building automation systems.
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FinSim Intro
June 03, 2019 • Video
Dennis M. Allen
This video provides information about the SEI's financial simulator, FinSim, which provides a way for cybersecurity professionals to train in an environment that emulates the credit card transaction systems used in production today.
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SCADASim and FinSim: Industrial Control System and Banking Simulators
June 03, 2019 • Presentation
Dennis M. Allen
This presentation discusses two simulations created by the SEI, FinSim and SCADASim, to meet the unique training needs of the cybersecurity professionals that must secure the United States' critical infrastructure sectors.
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Cybersecurity Career Paths and Progression
May 07, 2019 • White Paper
Dennis M. AllenMarie BakerMelissa Burns
This paper explores the current state of cybersecurity careers, from the importance of early exposure, to methods of entry into the field, to career progression.
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Cybersecurity Talent Identification and Assessment
May 07, 2019 • White Paper
Dennis M. AllenChristopher HerrMarie Baker
To help fill cybersecurity roles, this paper explores how organizations identify talent, discusses assessment capabilities, and provides recommendations on recruitment and talent evaluations.
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Cybersecurity Careers of the Future
May 07, 2019 • White Paper
Dennis M. Allen
Using workforce data analysis, this paper identifies key cybersecurity skills the workforce needs to close the cybersecurity workforce gap.
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SEI Cyber Minute: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
September 01, 2016 • Video
Dennis M. Allen
Dennis Allen discusses "Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)."
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Video Games as a Training Tool to Prepare the Next Generation of Cyber Warriors
July 28, 2015 • Presentation
Christopher HerrDennis M. Allen
In this paper, the characteristics of a potential cybersecurity video game are presented. Several current cybersecurity games were reviewed and key attributes and shortcomings of these games were identified.
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Global Situational Awareness with Free Tools
January 12, 2015 • Video
Dennis M. Allen
In this video, Dennis Allen shows how global situational awareness helps organizations get threat indicators, understand risks, and correlate events.
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Digital Investigation Workforce Development
March 01, 2012 • White Paper
Dennis M. Allen
In this paper, the authors describe an approach for deriving measures of software security from well-established and commonly used standard practices.
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How to Become a Cyber Warrior
January 31, 2012 • Podcast
Dennis M. AllenJulia H. Allen
In this podcast, Dennis Allen explains that protecting the internet and its users against cyber attacks requires more skilled cyber warriors.
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