On Tuesday, Oct. 23, the Intelligence Studies Project, Clements Center for National Security, and Strauss Center for International Security and Law will host NSA Deputy Director George Barnes for a campus visit. Deputy Director Barnes will deliver midday remarks on "Cybersecurity: Threats and Responses" at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
George C. Barnes serves as the deputy director and senior civilian leader of the National Security Agency (NSA), acting as the NSA's chief operating officer, responsible for guiding and directing operations, studies and policy.
Barnes, who joined the NSA in 1987, has held a number of critical technical and operational leadership roles throughout his career, including: deputy chief of the SIGINT Development Strategy and Governance organization and chief of data acquisition, NSA's SIGINT access, collection and exploitation organization. Prior to his appointment as NSA's deputy director, he was NSA director of the Workforce Support Activities Directorate, where he was responsible for ensuring the effective training, security and counterintelligence, and installations and logistics.
He is a certified cryptologic engineer with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland. His professional recognition has included the prestigious National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, a Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the NSA Ann Caracristi Award for Operations and Production Excellence, an Intelligence Community Leadership Collaboration Award, and Distinguished and Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Awards.