Samuel Visner

Samuel Sanders Visner is a Technical Fellow at the Aerospace Corporation and Chair of the Board of Directors, Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the premier public/private and global partnership for the protection of our space systems. Sam served previously as a MITRE Tech Fellow and the Director of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (MITRE), sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Sam was appointed in 2020 as a member of the Board of Directors of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Sam is a former adjunct professor of Science and Technology in International Affairs at Georgetown University, where he taught a course on cybersecurity policy, operations, and technology; he remains and advisor to that program. Sam was a member of the Intelligence Community Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences, serving the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Sam is currently a member of the Army Science Board. In industry, Sam served as general manager of several cybersecurity businesses. He also served as Chief of Signals Intelligence Programs at the National Security Agency for which he received the Agency’s highest award for civilian service. Sam holds a bachelor’s degree in International Politics from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in Telecommunications from George Washington University. Sam has published articles on national and cybersecurity in World Politics Review, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and the Defense Intelligence Journal.

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