Mike Boyle

Mike Boyle is the Co-Lead for NSA's Center for Cybersecurity Standards. In this position he creates and resources NSA’s strategy for standards development, with a focus on supporting the marketplace of secure, interoperable products that protect US National Security Systems. He has a long history of leading efforts with government and industry partners to tackle difficult cybersecurity problems. Mike began his career as a cryptomathematician at NSA, using his skills to understand how good cryptography can fail in implementation and working with industry to ensure that products purchased by the US government avoid those pitfalls. His focus has evolved to include secure network protocols and he is active in several open standards efforts dedicated to their development. He is also active in DoD and NSA efforts to drive the use of secure, interoperable standards.