Agencies must do more to prepare for the constant evolution of cyber threats

Mr. David E. Frederick, Jr. is the Deputy Director of the newly established Cybersecurity Directorate, charged with preventing and eradicating threats to U.S. National Security Systems and critical infrastructure.

Prior to this role, Dave served as Chief of Strategic Counter Cyber Operations (SCCO) in the Cybersecurity Operations Group from 2016 to 2018. He represented NSA at the National Security Council Policy Coordination Committee for cyber matters and oversaw efforts to develop whole-of-community counter-cyber strategies, strategic cybersecurity products, and operations optimization methods.

After serving in the United States Army as a signals intelligence (SIGINT) analyst and Korean linguist, Mr. Frederick joined NSA as a language analyst in 1996. He held a number of managerial, strategic planning, and technical positions at NSA prior to promotion to the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service. From 2005 to 2008, he served as the Deputy Chief for Liaison, Special United States Liaison Advisor to a key foreign partner. He then served from 2008 to 2009 as the Director of the Community Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Management Office, followed by duty as the Associate Deputy Director for Technical SIGINT & Electronic Warfare. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the NSA/CSS Deputy Inspector General, overseeing audits, inspections, and investigations. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Frederick served as a special U.S. Liaison Advisor at an overseas location. Upon returning to the U.S. in 2015, he became the Chief of Targeting Strategy and Mission Integration for the SIGINT Directorate. In this position, he led efforts to improve NSA/CSS’s SIGINT missions and cyber support by planning, managing, and assessing access, collection, and targeting capabilities.

Mr. Frederick received numerous honors for his work; he was awarded Presidential Rank Awards (Meritorious Executive) in 2012 and 2017; the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal; a key Asian partner’s National Security Service Medal; and, the NSA/CSS Meritorious Civilian Service Award, along with other Joint and Army military awards.

EDUCATION:
Mr. Frederick completed the Defense Language Institute Korean Basic Course in 1990. He graduated from the University of Maryland University College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History (Honors). He received his Master’s degree in Business Administration (Finance) from Colorado State University in 1998. He is also a 2010 graduate of the Defense Policy Seminar, National Security Studies Program from George Washington University.

Timothy Kocher is Special Advisor in the Infrastructure Security and Emergency Response division of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response at the Department of Energy (DOE). In his role, he leads multiple projects to enhance information sharing between DOE and the energy sector, including the Cybersecurity Risk Information Sharing Program (CRISP). He also led work on version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2), which assists energy companies in evaluating their cyber capabilities, and has supported efforts to improve the security of the energy sector supply chain.

Mr. Wallace “Wally” Coggins serves as the Director, Intelligence Community Security Coordination Center (IC SCC), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), IC Chief Information Officer. The IC SCC provides for the integrated defense of the IC’s information environment and serves as the Federal Cybersecurity Center responsible for coordinating the IC’s defensive response to major cyber incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities.

Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Coggins served as the ODNI’s Deputy Chief Management Officer, leading and managing internal ODNI administration, finances, and policy, and as the ODNI Executive Secretary responsible for coordination of official correspondence and other communications on behalf of the DNI. Mr. Coggins also served as a Director responsible for acquisitions, integration, and evaluations along with other assignments within the ODNI Acquisition, Technology, and Facilities component.

Prior to joining ODNI, Mr. Coggins served as program manager and contracting officer at the Naval Air Systems Command for the development and acquisition of major weapons systems including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-18 tactical aircraft, electronic warfare, mission planning, and missile programs.

Matthew J. Eggers, vice president for cybersecurity policy in the Cyber, Intelligence, and Security Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, leads the Chamber’s Cybersecurity Working Group, which focuses on developing and advocating the organization’s cyber policies before Congress, the administration, and the business community. He testifies routinely before Congress concerning industry’s perspectives on cyber policy, legislation, and regulation.

Homeland and national security issues, including chemical security, biosecurity, and emerging security threats, are part of Eggers’ portfolio, which he handles on behalf of the Chamber’s approximately 300 National Security Task Force members.

Eggers presents to organizations and is quoted in the media on a broad range of issues connected to cyber legislation, regulation, and business strategy. He was selected in 2018 to be part of the The Network, The Washington Post’s survey of influential people in cybersecurity from across government, the private sector, and the security research community.

Also in 2018, the Washingtonian magazine tapped Eggers as a Tech Titan, naming him one of the most important cyber policy advocates in the nation’s capital. In 2015, he was chosen by The Christian Science Monitor to be a Passcode Influencer, the Monitor’s section covering news and ideas about cybersecurity and digital privacy.

Eggers guided the Protecting America’s Cyber Networks Coalition, a partnership of 50 leading business associations representing nearly every sector of the U.S. economy, to pass cybersecurity information-sharing legislation in 2015.

He is the author of Internet Security Essentials for Business 2.0, a tool to help businesses use effective cyber risk management practices, as well as It’s Not Flu as Usual: An H1N1 Business Preparedness Guide.

Before joining the Chamber, Eggers was director of public policy at B&D Consulting (now FaegreBD Consulting), a government affairs firm. There he developed and executed legislative and appropriations initiatives for clients. Earlier, he worked on Capitol Hill for House members on the Appropriations and Homeland Security committees.

Eggers is a graduate of the executive leadership programs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Naval Postgraduate School, specializing in cybersecurity and homeland defense, respectively. He earned his M.A. in international commerce and public policy from George Mason University and his B.A. in history and political science from Indiana University. Eggers resides in Virginia with his wife and children.

Sanjay Gupta recently joined SBA from the private sector bringing an exclusive combination of experiences as a CIO (Heidrick & Struggles, International Code Council, World Book), as a Managing Partner Consulting (Gartner), and as an Adjunct Research Analyst (IDC). Sanjay brings global experience across industries in IT Strategy, Innovation, Digital Transformation, Architecture, Cloud, Mobile, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Contracting, Cybersecurity, Agile Development and Open Source.

Jason Miller is an executive editor and reporter with Federal News Network. As executive editor, Jason helps direct the news coverage of the station and works with reporters to ensure a broad range of coverage of federal technology, procurement, finance and human resource news.As a reporter, Jason focuses mainly on technology and procurement issues, including cybersecurity, e-government and acquisition policies and programs.