CPT Derek Ditch

Derek is a leader and educator striving to change the way the world defends against cyber threat actors. A captain in the Missouri Army National Guard on the Missouri Cyber Team (MOCYBER) and a core developer of RockNSM; he is working towards his goal to take back the home field advantage and empower cyber defenders around the globe. Derek holds a MS in Computer Science from Missouri S & T with an emphasis of research in critical infrastructure protection. He served at the NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center in Texas as a Lead Intrusion Analyst of several nation state actors targeting service members and other Federal government agencies.