Waide Jones

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Waide joined the management team of Exostar® in mid-2015 as the Director of Information Security. He became the Chief Information Security Officer in August of 2016. In this capacity Waide directs the Exostar information security program to protect its information, assets, and customers.

Prior to joining Exostar®, Waide spent 17 years of his career with Lockheed Martin where he held various technical and leadership roles. He is an accomplished leader and IT security architect. He has a proven ability to develop and execute cyber security initiatives that include people, process, and technology. Waide is experienced in working with industry peers to influence change and create opportunities to better protect critical information from cyber threats wherever it resides. His experiences range from program/team leadership, strategy development, cyber security risk management, supply chain cyber security, budget & financial planning, risk and vulnerability assessments, audit, IT architecture, secure system design, CIRT, forensics, and policy/standard development.

Waide holds a Master Degree in Telecommunications and a Bachelor Degree in Management Information Systems from George Mason University. Waide has several certifications to include the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).