Natalie Sjelin

Natalie Sjelin is the Director of Training for the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) at The University of Texas San Antonio. She brings over 17 years of cybersecurity experience focused on designing and facilitating cyber security exercises, developing and delivering cyber security training, and information sharing initiatives. Her focus is working with communities to build viable and sustainable cyber security programs. Ms. Sjelin has co-authored white papers on Community Cyber Security topics and a chapter for the book, Cyber-Physical Protecting Critical Infrastructure at the State and Local Level. She speaks regularly for professional groups, meetings, panels and conferences across the country.

Publications

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Gregory B. White, Natalie Sjelin. © 2022. 17 pages.
With the increase in cybercrimes over the last few years, a growing realization for the need for cybersecurity has begun to be recognized by the nation. Unfortunately, being...
The Two-Dimensional CCSMM
The Two-Dimensional CCSMM
Gregory B. White, Natalie Sjelin. © 2022. 16 pages.
The community cyber security maturity model (CCSMM) defines four dimensions and five implementation mechanisms in describing the relative maturity of an organization or an...
The Three-Dimensional Model for a Community
The Three-Dimensional Model for a Community
Gregory B. White, Natalie Sjelin. © 2022. 14 pages.
The community cyber security maturity model (CCSMM) was designed and developed to provide communities with an action plan to build a viable and sustainable cybersecurity program...
Establishing Cyber Security Programs Through the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model (CCSMM)
Establishing Cyber Security Programs Through the Community Cyber Security Maturity Model (CCSMM)
Gregory B. White, Natalie Sjelin. © 2021. 221 pages.
As society continues to heavily rely on software and databases, the risks for cyberattacks have increased rapidly. As the dependence on computers has become gradually widespread...