Marcus Sachs
Deputy Director
SRI's Cyber Security R & D Center
Marcus H. Sachs is the Deputy Director, Computer Science Laboratory, at SRI International. He is responsible for the Washington, D.C. operations of the Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Security Research and Development Center, operated by SRI under contract with DHS. Marcus is also the volunteer Director of the SANS Internet Storm Center, and is an internationally recognized computer security expert. He has over 25 years of professional experience including 20 years of active military service as an officer in the United States Army and two years of national cyberspace security policy development as a Presidential appointee to the National Security Council staff in the George W. Bush administration. Marcus was the first cyber security official assigned to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 where he developed the initial concept and strategy for the creation of the United States Computer Emergency Response Team. He was also a founding member of the Defense Department's Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense, created in 1998 as the first US military organization designed to fight foreign threats in cyberspace. A graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, Marcus also holds a Masters degree in Computer Science with a concentration in Information Security, a Masters degree in Science and Technology Commercialization, and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy with a concentration in Science and Technology.