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JONATHAN KATZ is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland where he conducts research on cryptography, privacy, and the science of cybersecurity. In 2013 he became director of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center. Katz has received numerous awards, including an NSF CAREER award in 2005 and a Humboldt Research Award in 2015. He was a member of the DARPA Computer Science Study Group from 2009-2010, and currently serves on the steering committee for the IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative as well as on the State of Maryland Cybersecurity Council. He is a co-author of the widely used textbook "Introduction to Modern Cryptography," now in its second edition.

MICHEL CUKIER is the director for the Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES) and the associate director for education for the Maryland Cybersecurity Center. He also an associate professor of reliability engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

XENOFON KOUTSOUKOS is a Professor of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University. He is also a Senior Research Scientist in the Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS).