Ms. Diane M. Janosek is an award-winning cybersecurity leader and sought-after speaker. As an innovator, she has been a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (SES) since 2012. She currently serves as the National Security Agency’s Commandant of the National Cryptologic School, which is comprised of four colleges, to include the Colleges of Cyber and Cryptology. In her role, she manages and oversees the delivery of unique courses for the U.S. intelligence workforce, both civilian and military, in the areas of cyber, network security, cyber resilience, and encryption, ensuring a strong federal workforce to defend critical national security networks. Ms. Janosek’s areas of expertise include academic leadership, privacy and technology, governance and data policy, export control, defense acquisition, information and cyber security. In her current role, she is committed to the educational, leadership, professional and practical learning needs of the nation’s cyber workforce in today’s dynamic threat environment.

Prior to leading the National Cryptologic School, Ms. Janosek served in leadership roles in the National Security Agency’s Directorate of Technology, to include serving as the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. In the U.S. Government’s judicial and executive branches, she has served in a variety of attorney/legal, policy and executive management positions, to include Chief Legal Officer to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and Legal Counsel at both the White House and the Pentagon. She is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States and is certified in information and network security (CISSP).

Ms. Janosek is a multiple award recipient being named as the 2020 Cyber Educator awardee, 2020 Cyber Impact Award winner, Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity in 2020 winner, CybHER 2020 Warrior award winner, as well as the 2019 Cyber Warrior Woman of the Year, an award granted by the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, which honored her for her mentorship, inspiration, and advocacy for women in the cybersecurity field. She is the Legal Advisor of the Women in Cybersecurity’s (WiCyS) Mid-Atlantic Regional Affiliate and holds the WiCyS Affiliate Leadership Award for 2019. Ms. Janosek has published numerous articles in various cybersecurity and legal publications, among others, and she serves as an adjunct professor for the National Intelligence University’s Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence in Intelligence program in Washington, DC. She has served as the keynote speaker and as a panelist at many cybersecurity conferences and events. She serves on the Board of Advisors of the Military Cyber Professionals Association and is a member of the White House’s Federal Committee on STEM Education. She is passionate about giving back and serving the Nation.