GREGORY WESSEL
Independent Consultant
Gregory Wessel is a skilled Senior Executive technical leader with 40 years of intelligence experience working for the National Security Agency and over 6 years working in the commercial arena. An innovative, out of the box thinker, that is an expert in Computer Network Operations (Computer Network Defense, Computer Network Exploit and Computer Network Attack). During his time with the NSA, Mr. Wessel held several Technical Executive leadership positions and was responsible for creating Red (attack) and Blue (defend/evaluate) teaming in the Intelligence Community while serving as the Technical Director in the System Network Attack Center in the Information Assurance Directorate. He was responsible for the development and implementation of numerous networking methodologies and technologies. He was also involved in the making and breaking of codes (cryptography). Mr. Wessel had the opportunity to brief Cyber initiatives to many high profile people and organizations including Janet Reno, DOJ, Robert Mueller, FBI, Admiral Prueher, CINCPAC, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Capital One Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank, and many Security Conferences.
Since leaving the Government in 2013, Mr. Wessel is a Senior Technical Consultant and Advisor for many companies. Currently he is consulting with Talon Cyber Tec LLC. Mr. Wessel provides technical advice and guidance on Cyber Security, Cloud Security, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Networking, and Analytics. Mr. Wessel also assists with Business Development. He is a Senior Advisor to Recorded Future (Cyber Threat) and Tamr (Data Analytics), two Cambridge, MA start-up companies. Prior to becoming a consultant in 2018, Mr. Wessel was Vice President of Network Architecture at Bay Microsystems/vCinity (a network appliance product that moves and accesses data rapidly). He was part of the team of System Engineers responsible for product strategies and encryption, as well as aiding in the sales process of Bay’s Wide Area Network Traffic acceleration hardware. From 2014-2016 Mr. Wessel was COO/Vice President of Operations at Nehemiah Security/Triumfant (an endpoint security product company). He was responsible for prioritizing customer, employee, and organizational requirements, cascading the organization’s strategy/mission statement to the staff, and developing and implementing the remote monitoring of customers networks/endpoints for vulnerabilities. He also acted as the CISO and implemented a small company security plan. Mr. Wessel is a board member for the Institute for Cyber Threat Defense. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, as well as certificates in Computer Science and Cyber Security.
GREGORY WESSEL
Independent Consultant
Gregory Wessel is a skilled Senior Executive technical leader with 40 years of intelligence experience working for the National Security Agency and over 6 years working in the commercial arena. An innovative, out of the box thinker, that is an expert in Computer Network Operations (Computer Network Defense, Computer Network Exploit and Computer Network Attack). During his time with the NSA, Mr. Wessel held several Technical Executive leadership positions and was responsible for creating Red (attack) and Blue (defend/evaluate) teaming in the Intelligence Community while serving as the Technical Director in the System Network Attack Center in the Information Assurance Directorate. He was responsible for the development and implementation of numerous networking methodologies and technologies. He was also involved in the making and breaking of codes (cryptography). Mr. Wessel had the opportunity to brief Cyber initiatives to many high profile people and organizations including Janet Reno, DOJ, Robert Mueller, FBI, Admiral Prueher, CINCPAC, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Capital One Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank, and many Security Conferences.
Since leaving the Government in 2013, Mr. Wessel is a Senior Technical Consultant and Advisor for many companies. Currently he is consulting with Talon Cyber Tec LLC. Mr. Wessel provides technical advice and guidance on Cyber Security, Cloud Security, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Networking, and Analytics. Mr. Wessel also assists with Business Development. He is a Senior Advisor to Recorded Future (Cyber Threat) and Tamr (Data Analytics), two Cambridge, MA start-up companies. Prior to becoming a consultant in 2018, Mr. Wessel was Vice President of Network Architecture at Bay Microsystems/vCinity (a network appliance product that moves and accesses data rapidly). He was part of the team of System Engineers responsible for product strategies and encryption, as well as aiding in the sales process of Bay’s Wide Area Network Traffic acceleration hardware. From 2014-2016 Mr. Wessel was COO/Vice President of Operations at Nehemiah Security/Triumfant (an endpoint security product company). He was responsible for prioritizing customer, employee, and organizational requirements, cascading the organization’s strategy/mission statement to the staff, and developing and implementing the remote monitoring of customers networks/endpoints for vulnerabilities. He also acted as the CISO and implemented a small company security plan. Mr. Wessel is a board member for the Institute for Cyber Threat Defense. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, as well as certificates in Computer Science and Cyber Security.