Advisory Board

In addition to our elected board, we call on an advisory board of former board members and other critical infrastructure leaders to guide the chapter.

Jordan Wiseman

Jordan Wiseman

Board Member Emeritus

Jordan Wiseman has been in information technology and security for more than 18 years. As a Senior Security Intelligence Advisor with Anitian, he leverages expertise in security risk assessment and analysis, health information privacy, private and public cloud technologies, regulatory compliance, and incident response. One of Jordan’s more recent accomplishments, was co-authoring the “PCI Compliance in the AWS Cloud” workbook, which has served as a resource to multiple security professionals amid the industry. His specialties include risk assessment, regulatory compliance, incident response, cloud security, virtualization, HIPPA and protected health information, identity management, and security systems administration. Jordan attended Washington State University, Carson College of Business and studied Management of Information Systems. He holds GIAC, QSA, and risk assessment credentials.

Eddy Cruz

Eddy Cruz

Board Member Emeritus

Eddy Cruz is an accomplished leader and has more than 16 years of experience in technology, information security, and risk management. Eddy was the Associate Chief Information Security Officer for a cloud based software company and has previously served as Information Assurance Manager for military and DoD Organizations. When not working to secure information and communications systems, Eddy likes to put his program management and risk management skills to the test by designing and engineering race cars, and competing in local motorsports races

Kristopher Dane

Kristopher Dane

Board Member Emeritus

Kristopher Dane, Vice President and Director of Digital Design at the international engineering firm, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., is a graduate of the University of Washington (UW) Master of Arts in Policy Studies program and a graduate of the Information Assurance and Risk Management Certificate Program at University of Washington. Kris holds certifications from the Department of Defense Committee on National Security Systems and has a PhD in the Doctor of Engineering, Engineering Management / Systems Engineering from George Washington University. He has published research on data breaches in the ISSA journal and previously spent nine years as a Technical Program Manager before joining Thornton Tomasetti, where he brings his analytical, programming, and modeling skills to serve their Structural and Protective Design Practices.

Membership Benefits

The Infragard vetted membership consists of thousands of subject matter experts across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors. These members include business professionals, academia, government, state, local and tribal government, law enforcement and military dedicated to support the mission and protection of our critical infrastructure.

As a member of one of the 84 local Chapters, you will gain an understanding of the threats posed by criminals and foreign adversaries. You will have access to information and tools that will equip you with the most current best practices. Additional member benefits include:

  • Collaboration across Infragard membership
  • Information sharing with FBI and Law Enforcement
  • Timely intelligence briefings
  • Identification, prioritization, and mitigation of vulnerabilities
  • Development of incident response plans
  • Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
  • Access to iGuardian, the FBI’s Industry-Focused Cyber Intrusion Reporting Platform
  • Training and education programs
  • Qualify for the GETS/WPS Program
  • Discounts to local seminars and conferences
  • Free online subscription to Infragard Journal
  • Best of all, there is no cost to join Infragard

You can find additional documentation in our shared folder here.

Membership

The membership application is submitted through the main Infragard website. To start the process follow the steps below.

  1. Browse to the Infragard New Member Application page.
  2. Read and ensure you comply with the membership requirements
  3. Fill out the required fields
  4. Click “Submit ”

It may take several weeks to get a response on the application. If it has been over 4 weeks and you haven’t received a response, please send a message to us using our contact form  and send a message to the attention of the “membership coordinator.”

Washington State Infragard Chapter