Darnell Washington

Track Moderator

Mr. Darnell Washington is an industry recognized thought leader, and educator specializing in the development, design, and implementation of commercial and industrial technologies in cybersecurity, systems automation, and critical manufacturing. He has works with various commercial and government sectors and is actively involved in the development of next generation technologies for cyber-physical systems network connected devices worldwide.
Mr. Washington is an industry recognized expert in the implementation of commercial security solutions for monitoring, identifying, and reporting on unauthorized activities in enterprise computing environments. As a seasoned professional, he has been involved in numerous high level incidents and regularly advises the security community at large on insider threat management, emerging technology such as Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, and blockchain ledger security platforms.
He currently serves as the Sr. Training advisor for the National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF), in partnership with the National Security Agency to promote workforce development activities between academia, and the defense industrial base in new and emerging learning technologies.