Copenhagen August 2018

G. Mark Hardy is founder and President of National Security Corporation. He has been providing cyber security expertise to government, military, and commercial clients for over 35 years, and is an internationally recognized expert and keynote who has spoken at over 250 events world-wide. He provides consulting services as a virtual CISO, expert witness testimony, and domain expertise in blockchain and cryptocurrency.

G. Mark serves on the Advisory Board of CyberWATCH, an Information Assurance/ Information Security Advanced Technology Education Center of the National Science Foundation.  Mr. Hardy is a retired U.S. Navy captain and was entrusted with nine command assignments, including responsibility for leadership training for 70,000 Sailors.  

A graduate of Northwestern University, he holds a BS in computer science, a BA in mathematics, a masters in business administration, a masters in strategic studies, and holds the GSLC, CISSP, CISM and CISA certifications.

Here is What Students Say About G. Mark Hardy:

"The instructor, G. Mark Hardy, is accomplished in his training techniques and fully knows the material." - Jim Savage, CBE Companies

"G. Mark is an amazing instructor! Extremely knowledgeable and entertaining!" - Anonymous

"Awesome instructor; this is my 3rd SANS class, and G. Mark is the best instructor I've had!" -  R. Westbrook, USAA