University of Oklahoma
Cybersecurity Essential Training

Raised in Bixby, Oklahoma, Dr. White has a distinguished background, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps. During his military career, he spent three years as an instructor at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, where he taught future Navy leaders, foreign leaders, and federal law enforcement personnel.

Dr. White’s extensive experience in cybersecurity and military training makes him a valuable asset to NSU’s cybersecurity program. His educational background includes certifications from the McAfee Institute, NW3C, and CompTIA Security Plus. He is deeply involved in research and teaching in the fields of cybersecurity, computer sciences, network security, and controlled access systems.

As the primary investigator for the NSU Cybersecurity Clinic, established with a $1 million grant from Google, Dr. White leads initiatives to provide hands-on cybersecurity training and community outreach, helping to protect local organizations and critical infrastructure from cyber threats.

Dr. White brings over 33 years of law enforcement and investigative experience, along with 20 years of working in the private sector providing security services. His expertise includes control, network, and vulnerability assessments, making him a highly skilled professional in identifying and mitigating security risks.

Mr. Larsh served in the US Army for 13 years, of which 7 years of it were spent working in information technology and security operations. His duties were to monitor both the network for external cyberattacks and internal cyber activity. His work took him from working in Security Operations, AKA the S6 shop in the Army from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to Fort Gordon, Georgia. He was stationed in Qatar as the Sergeant in charge of the entire security network operations in Camp As-Sailiya, which was the headquarters for the Army Central Command of Theater Operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Upon retiring from the military, he earned his degree in education and a Master’s in Education Technology, along with another Master’s in Education Leadership. He now works as a science teacher and the Director of Education Technology at the school. Like his cybersecurity job in the military, he also works with cybersecurity companies to help keep our students safe.

Mr. Caldwell is the Co-founder and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Critical Fault, LLC and SecurDOM, Inc. He provides expert guidance and security testing through covert entry methods, blending digital and physical security realms. Since co-founding Critical Fault in June 2021, he has brought a multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity, supported by his formal education in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology.

Jordan has conducted research with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He previously served the State of Oklahoma as a lead environmental risk assessor, analyzed nuclear material security, and worked as a project manager.

He is actively involved in leadership and community outreach, serving on two steering committees for ASIS International and holding roles such as the 2023 OKC Chapter Secretary and the 2024–2025 Tulsa Chapter Secretary for the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma (AICCOk).

In cybersecurity, defenders do not face static problems. They face adaptive human adversaries. This session explores why hands-on learning through Capture-the-Flag competitions, labs, reverse engineering, and attack simulation produces stronger defenders than passive learning alone. Attendees will see how adversarial practice develops investigative instinct, technical creativity, and decision-making under pressure, and why those skills directly translate into stronger incident response, threat detection, and security operations. The session will also provide practical ideas for integrating adversarial training into professional development for IT and cybersecurity teams.

Curtis Coleman is a tenured Associate Professor, and the Founding Director of the Cybersecurity Education Center at Oklahoma Christian University, a designated National Security Agency (NSA) National Center of Academic Excellence for Cyber Defense Education. Professor Coleman is a retired US Air Force Officer and has had a distinguished, 20-year corporate career in Cybersecurity. For over 15 years, he was a Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Seagate Technology, a Fortune 500, multi-national digital storage manufacturing company, where he led their electronic security operations program.

Professor Coleman currently serves by invitation from the Governor of Oklahoma, as the Secretary on the Oklahoma Cybersecurity Strategy Planning Task Force. On the committee, he represents the interests and cyber protection needs of K-12 and post-secondary education institutions. As a voting member, he is responsible for providing strategic oversight, planning, and budgeting management for a multi-year, multi-million-dollar cyber protection program for the State of Oklahoma.

As a nationally recognized thought leader, Professor Coleman has shared his cybersecurity expertise by serving on advisory boards for Intel, Salesforce, and FireEye. He currently serves on Oracle’s Cloud Security Advisory Board. Additionally, he is a visiting scientist and Founding Board member of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Cybersecurity Innovation Center.

Critical Fault provides security testing to firms of any size. Our team of certified Red Team operators test products, facilities, networks, applications, IoT, source code, and more. Our unique skill sets also allow us to perform digital forensics to get to the root of any incident.

He began his career with the FBI in 2009. Throughout his career, he has focused on national security investigations related to cyber and counterintelligence threats. Wesley began his FBI career assigned to the Los Angeles field office, but has been assigned to the Oklahoma City office since 2016. Wesley graduated from OU in 2003 and started his career as a database administrator & professional services consultant for a software company based in Tulsa.