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Dr. Paul Harig is a highly accomplished leader and
security-focused professional with over two
decades
of distinguished service in government, civilian,
and
industry roles within the Department of Defense
Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Engineering, and
Information Technology domains. For the past four
years, Dr. Harig serves as the Director for the
Office of the Navy SCA at Naval Information
Warfare
Systems Command; assessing cybersecurity risk for
all
Navy systems, circuits, and applications while
ensuring risk assessment guidance and processes
are
adhered to across Navy operations. In this role,
he
directly supports the NAVWAR CHENG and manages a
team
of over 40 government and contractor personnel,
along
with managing an extensive Navy Qualified
Validator
workforce of over 800 professionals. He is a Navy
Technical Warrant Holder in Cybersecurity Risk
Management and has earned recognition as a
technical
leader, providing critical insights on the design,
development, integration, and sustainment of Navy
systems. He championed improvements in the Navy's
RMF
process, cybersecurity practices, and research,
development, test, and evaluation domains.
Dr. Harig was a prior active duty Navy
Cryptologist,
spending time at sea on the USS Winston S.
Churchill
as well as several years supporting critical
missions
at the National Security Agency. He also has a
background in industry, leading various projects
spanning HUMINT work with Joint Forces Command,
supporting ISR interoperability efforts with NATO
and
ISAF coalition partners, as well as several
projects
within Fleet Cyber Command developing cloud-based
technology for the intelligence community.
Dr. Harig holds several advanced-level
certifications
and has been actively involved in the academic
community for the past eight years, regularly
teaching graduate and post-graduate courses in the
fields of computer science and cybersecurity. He
regularly chairs dissertation committees, guiding
students through the intellectual stages of
doctoral
research. Dr. Harig stays engaged in continuous
professional development, recently completing a
four-
week Senior Executive Fellowship at the Federal
Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia.
He
was recently nominated for the DoD CIO annual
award
for innovation and is a recipient of the Navy
civilian service commendation medal. He resides in
Virginia Beach with his wife, two daughters, and
step
son (ages 16, 18, and 21). In his free time he
enjoys
skiing in the winter and scuba diving in the
summer. |
