Kenneth Geers works for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), and is the U.S. Representative to the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD CoE) in Tallinn, Estonia. He has served as an intelligence analyst, a French and Russian linguist, and computer programmer in support of arms control initiatives. Kenneth has published strategic and technical papers on the growing connection between computer security and national security. He is a PhD student at the Tallinn University of Technology, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).