User:EarleDKnapp

Earle D. Knapp served 20+ years as a Computer Security Analyst with the Defense Intelligence Agency. He was born in Durand MI on November 4, 1959, the youngest son of Earle DeVere Knapp and Catherine MacKay Knapp. He grew up in Corunna MI, graduating from Corunna High School in 1978. He attended Michigan State University in East Lansing MI for one year, prior to dropping out and joining the U. S. Navy. He served as an Operations Specialist (Radar Operator) with the collateral duty as Enlisted Intelligence Assistant, and also was cross-trained as an Electronic Warfare Technician. After a single four year enlistment in the U. S. Navy, he attended Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant MI. He graduated in 1986 with a BS in Computer Science with a Mathematics minor. He went to work for DIA in 1987, where he served as a Computer Security System Evaluator in conjunction with the National Security Agency's National Computer Security Center on the joint DIA/NSA Compartmented Mode Workstation Evaluation Program. In addition to being a Computer Security System Evaluator, he served as a Computer Security System Certifier, and spent many years serving on DoD/Intelligence Community Computer Security / Information Security (INFOSEC) policy boards and working groups. He served on the original INFOSEC team to establish security requirements for Intelink. In 1996 he attended the Joint Military Intelligence College, where he earned a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence (MSSI).

Earle D. Knapp lives in in retirement in Laurel MD. He is very active in his church, Glen Mar UMC, and is a Certified Lay Servant.