Brian Russell

Brian Russell is a Chief Engineer for Cyber Security Solutions at Leidos. He is also Chair of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group, on the editorial panel for the Center for Internet Security (CIS) 20 Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense, and a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Cyber Security Working Group focused on security for 5G communications. He has designed and developed mission critical security systems for the US government and was a primary Author of the encryption protocol specification that serves as the standard for protecting classified communication across the Department of Defense (DoD). Russell is also Co-Author of the book Practical Internet of Things (IoT) Security.