About the IAPP

Dr. Mark Kuhr co-founded Synack after focusing over nine years on Cyber Security in Government, Academia, and the Defense industry. Most recently, as both a government civilian and contractor to the National Security Agency (NSA), Mark worked in roles that included Technical Director, Computer Network Operations Operator, and Network Analyst.  Prior to this, he served as an Information Assurance Manager at the Defense Systems Intelligence Agency (DISA). Dr. Kuhr received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Auburn University under a DoD/NSA-sponsored fellowship. He has published several papers on enterprise cyber security and performed research under DoD contracts related to information security, network analysis, and jam-resistant network communication protocols. Mark holds a number of security related certifications from CNSS and ISC(2).