Terry Kalka
Director at DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3)
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTerry Kalka is a seasoned cyber strategist and director with 19+ years of broad cyber and IT experience and over a decade in senior DoD leadership roles, currently leading the DoD Cyber Crime Center. He combines hands-on technical analysis and software engineering experience—contributing backend enhancements to the forensic plaso project to add multi-partition image support—with executive-level strategy, partner engagement, and process improvement. CISSP-certified and TS/SCI-cleared, he excels at translating complex threat intelligence and vulnerability data into mission-focused risk mitigation and measurable outcomes. His background spans Army cyber integration, information assurance, and database engineering, enabling him to bridge operational, intelligence, and technical teams. Unusually for a director-level cyber leader, he holds a BMus in Music Theory and Composition, reflecting a creative approach to problem solving and communications.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BMus, Music Theory and Composition, BMus, Music Theory and Composition at Syracuse UniversityMaster of Science in Government Information Leadership, Cybersecurity Concentration, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Science in Government Information Leadership, Cybersecurity Concentration, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at National Defense University
Github Skills (5)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
log2timeline/plaso
May 2015 - May 2017
Super timeline all the things
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 9 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Terry's primary contribution focused on enhancing the core functionality of the plaso project. The user implemented multi-partition support, enabling the tool to process storage media images with multiple partitions, which significantly improved its ability to parse and analyze forensic data from various storage formats. The user's work involved modifications to collector, frontend and cli components, demonstrating a focus on improving the tool's data collection and processing capabilities.
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dc3-plaso/dfvfs
Sep 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:53 pushes, 19 branches in 1 year 10 months
securityforensicsvirtual-file-systemdigital-forensicsfile-system
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