KEYNOTE: Making sense of Cyber's Why, What, How and Who

Mr. Chris Inglis served as the Senate confirmed U.S. National Cyber Director from 2021 to 2023 as the President’s senior advisor for cyber issues and led the development of national cyber policy and strategy. He previously retired from the National Security Agency in January 2014 after 41 years of federal service, including 17 years as senior executive and 7.5 years as its Deputy Director. His military career includes over 30 years of service in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, retiring as Brigadier General in 2006. He holds the rating of Command Pilot and has 3 graduate degrees in engineering and computer science. From 2014 - 2021, Mr. Inglis continued to serve in a variety of national security positions, including as a U.S. Naval Academy Looker Distinguished Visiting Professor for Cyber Studies, service as a special government employee on the Defense Science Board and advisory boards in support of US Strategic Command, the National Intelligence University, the Director of National Intelligence, and as a commissioner on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission.  His private sector experience includes service on several public boards to include FedEx and Huntington Bank.