Paul De Souza

Mr. de Souza is the co-author of the book Strategic Intelligence Management (National Cyber Defense Strategy), he serves as an advisor for the Military Cyber Professionals Association (MCPA), and he is a recipient of the Order of Thor Medal. Paul serves as a Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, and Intelligence & Organized Crime Research (CENTRIC) Visiting Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, Negev Hi-Tech Faculty Startup Accelerator Advisor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, Guest Lecturer at The Swedish Defence University (SEDU) Försvarshögskolanand, Institute of World Politics (IWP) Board of Advisors for The Cyber Intelligence Initiative (CII) in Washington, DC, and served as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (IN/SS) at Tel Aviv University in Israel – Cyber Security and Military & Strategic Affairs Programs.

Mr. de Souza has over 18 years of cyber security experience and has worked as the Chief Security Engineer for AT&T, where he designed and approved secure networks for MSS (Managed Security Services). Mr. de Souza also worked for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and US Robotics as a security engineer. He was the winner and recipient of the International Cyber Security & Intelligence Conference (ICSIC) 2017 Award from Ontario, Canada. Mr. de Souza has a Masters in National Security Studies (MA) with a concentration in Terrorism from American Military University, West Virginia WV.