Background:

Rob served over 34 years at the NSA, where he held roles including the head of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), the NSA hackers running operations to produce foreign intelligence. He spent his final years as the head of the Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate. He also served on the White House National Security Council as a Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator, as well as Acting Homeland Security Advisor. Throughout his career, he led operations pursuing the most sophisticated hackers and innovating technologies to protect vital national assets — including the US classified networks and nuclear authorization codes. He is now the founder of Joyce Cyber LLC.  He advises boards, CEOs, and companies such as OpenAI, Microsoft, PwC, Nightwing, Corelight, and Sandfly Security.  He is a Venture Partner with the cyber startup foundry DataTribe and serves on the board of BlueVoyant.