Information Assurance Research National Security Agency Fort George G. Meade, MD
U.S.A.

Kimberly Ferguson-Walter is a Senior Researcher with the National Security Agency’s Information Assurance Research. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of California Irvine and a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, both specializing in artificial intelligence. Her research interests are focused on the intersection of computer science and human behavior. She has been focused on adaptive cybersecurity for the past seven years and is the lead for the Research Directorate’s deception for cyber-defense effort.