Information Assurance Directorate, National Security Agency

Berl M. Thomas is currently the Technical Director (TD) for the Information Assurance (IA) Operations Deputy Directorate at the National Security Agency. As the TD, he is responsible for providing technical and operational leadership to the IA Operations leadership team, personnel, and missions including hunting, blue team, red team, COMSEC monitoring, technical security, 24/7 operations, capability development and deployment, and cryptographic key production. Mr. Thomas holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Mississippi State University and an M.S. Computer Science from John Hopkins University.