Webinar: Opening Remarks & Keynote - Mr. Neal Ziring (NSA Technical Director) by Department of Homeland Security/OCFO

About This Webinar

NSA and other IC agencies are increasingly reliant on cloud technologies and commercially-sustained cloud services. This is a profound shift in our mission support model, which will have long-term effects on how our systems are build, resourced, and protected. Even more importantly, many of our missions will rely on chains of systems with components in our agency datacenters and hosted on multiple commercial clouds. This talk will examine some security principles for cloud-hosted and ‘hybrid’ systems, with some considerations for sustainment and transition.

Agenda

Opening Remarks from NSA & Keynote Address - Mr. Neil Ziring (NSA Technical Director)

Presenter

Neal Ziring

Mr. Neal Ziring is the Technical Director for the National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate (CSD), serving as a technical advisor to the Cybersecurity Director, Deputy Director, and other senior leadership. Mr. Ziring is responsible for setting the technical direction across many parts of the cybersecurity mission space, engineering and operations. Mr. Ziring tracks technical activities, promotes technical health of the staff, and acts as liaison to various industry, intelligence, academic, and government partners.

Neal’s personal expertise areas include security automation, IPv6, cloud computing, cross-domain information exchange, data access control, and cyber defense.

PAST POSITIONS: Prior to the formation of the Cybersecurity Directorate, Mr. Ziring served 4 years as Technical Director of the Capabilities Directorate, and 6 years as the Technical Director of the Information Assurance Directorate. Prior to joining NSA in 1988, Neal was a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) at AT&T Bell Labs.

EDUCATION: Neal has BS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and an MS degree in Computer Science, all from Washington University in St. Louis.

AWARDS: As a U.S. Government employee, Neal has received the Exceptional Civilian Service Award, Meritorious Presidential Rank Award, and Distinguished Presidential Rank Award.