Master of Science in Cybersecurity

Dr. Jacob Benjamin is a Director of Professional Services at the industrial cyber security company Dragos, Inc. where he leads a team of analysts in performing active defense inside of ICS/SCADA networks. In this capacity he is responsible for a range of services including penetration testing and proactive assessments for the industrial community.

Prior to joining Dragos, Dr. Benjamin was a nuclear cybersecurity researcher at Idaho National Laboratory and a nuclear cybersecurity specialist for Duke Energy. Over the last ten years, Jacob has performed a variety of cyber-related tasks at many domestic and international critical infrastructures. He has substantial experience developing cybersecurity programs for nuclear power plants as well as performing cybersecurity risk assessments for critical digital assets, systems, and networks within industrial environments. Dr. Benjamin has provided his expertise for the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Jacob remains active in the industrial control system security community as an author on several research publications and a speaker at various industry conferences. He continues to act as a part-time lecturer and subject matter expert for industrial cybersecurity workshops affiliated with Idaho National Laboratory.

Jeff Foley served the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory from 2001 to 2017 as a contractor specializing in cyber warfare research and capabilities engineering. He concluded his government contracting at Northrop Grumman Corporation where he performed the roles of Subject Matter Expert for Offensive Cyber Warfare Research & Development and Director of Penetration Testing. In these roles, he developed penetration testing training curriculum for Northrop Grumman Cyber Academy and taught trainers to utilize the material across the international organization. Mr. Foley has also taught and spoken in various academic institutions on the topics of offensive security and penetration testing during his time in this profession.

During the last six years, Mr. Foley saw a lack of situational awareness in traditional information security programs and shifted his attention to this important focus area. He is the Project Leader for Amass, an OWASP Foundation Flagship Project that performs in-depth attack surface mapping and asset discovery. Mr. Foley has assisted various companies with attack surface management and has been invited to speak at conferences such as DEF CON. Currently, he is the Vice President of Attack Surface Protection at ZeroFox, the company that delivers proactive cybersecurity outside the traditional corporate perimeter. Previously, he was the Global Head of Attack Surface Management at Citi, one of the largest global banks – an institution connecting millions of people across hundreds of countries and cities.

Dr. Andrew Orechovesky was a software developer for 29 years and has written thousands of lines of code during his career. He moved to cybersecurity late in his career, and believes the combination of software development, systems engineering, and cybersecurity help to secure applications used by his clients in the DoD. In addition to engineering secure software solutions, he is also involved in various technologies and enablers, including data meshes, microservices, DevSecOps, containers, and cloud capabilities. Andrew has supported the DoD for the last 40 years, retired from the US Navy, and worked for Mantech, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Microlink, and Shonborn-Becker Systems. Andrew is currently a Senior Systems Engineer employed by CACI Federal supporting the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.