Marcus (Marc) Sachs

Marcus (Marc) Sachs is the Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer at the Center for Internet Security. He is a retired US Army Officer and was a White House appointee in the George W. Bush administration. His private sector experience includes senior leadership roles at SRI International, Verizon Communications, and Pattern Computer. He also served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. Prior to joining CIS he was the Deputy Director for Research at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.

Marc was a SANS Senior Instructor from 2001 – 2015 and served as the Director of the SANS Internet Storm Center from 2003 – 2010. He has co-authored several books on information security and has earned degrees in civil engineering, computer science and technology commercialization. He holds a joint appointment with the Idaho National Laboratory and is a licensed Professional Engineer.