Stegosystems Advisory Board

In-Q-Tel is a not-for-profit venture capital firm that invests in technology to support the Central Intelligence Agency. Dan is a renowned computer security analyst and risk management specialist. He is widely recognized for raising awareness of critical computer and network security issues before the risks were well understood, and for ground-breaking work on the economics of security.  Geer received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and  a Ph.D. in biostatistics from Harvard.

Mike Jacobs
Consultant

Mr. Jacobs was the Information Assurance (IA) Director at the National Security Agency (NSA). An industry veteran with 38 years in the federal government, Mr. Jacobs had a long and distinguished career at the National Security Agency. For his vision, dedication, and accomplishments, he has been recognized by the Department of Defense,the Central Intelligence Agency and by NSA with numerous awards including the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement and was.s twice awarded the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Achievement. Jacobs received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from King's College and completed the Senior Managers in Government Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Mr. Giorgio was a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he worked on information security and infrastructure assurance issues for a variety of commercial clients and federal agencies. Prior to that, Mr. Giorgio had nearly 30 years of security experience with the National Security Agency (NSA). While at NSA, he pioneered developments in communications security, network security, and Public Key Cryptography. Mr. Giorgio is the only person to have served as both Chief U.S. codemaker and, subsequently, as Chief U.S. codebreaker at NSA. As a mathematician, he designed and delivered the first public key based e-mail privacy and authentication system on the worldwide intelligence network. .