Center for Interdisciplinary & Innovative Cybersecurity

About Dr. Mark Segal, Featured Speaker

Dr. Mark E. Segal is Deputy Director of the Research Directorate of the National Security Agency (NSA).  In this role, he provides oversight to an organization that conducts mission-focused research across a wide variety of scientific disciplines and applies successful research results to NSA’s signals intelligence and cybersecurity missions. 

Mark previously served in a variety of roles at the NSA, including Chief of Computer and Analytic Sciences Research, Deputy Chief of NSA’s Laboratory for Telecommunication Sciences, and Director of the NSA/CSS Cybersecurity Operations Center. His work has been recognized with a National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation and a Presidential Rank Award. 

Mark holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer and Communications Sciences from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.