Information Assurance Directorate, National Security Agency

Michael Herring currently serves as the Technical Director for the National Security Agency Active Cyber Defense Initiative and is responsible for identifying candidate technologies for integration into holistic ACD solutions to defend U.S. Government networks. He also teaches graduate courses in Risk Analysis, Process Strategy, and Information Technology Strategy as a member of the Loyola University Maryland Information Systems and Operations Management Department. Mr. Herring is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and of Loyola University Maryland with a master’s in Business Administration.