Overview

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Brendan Conlon founded Vahna in 2012 after 10 years of Offensive Computer Network Operations with the National Security Agency (NSA). Brendan began his career at NSA as a developer of software implants for Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) operations. He has also spent time as a Technical Operations Officer detailed to the Central Intelligence Agency. As the Chief of Tailored Access Operations – Hawaii, he led a large group of Global Network Exploitation Analysts and Operators. While there he directed CNE Operations against numerous foreign adversary networks.

Brendan’s most recent government post was as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Cyber Operations within the Information Assurance Directorate where he was responsible for vulnerability assessments and penetration tests on U.S Government Networks (NSA’s Red Team), Advanced Persistent Threat analysis on classified government networks (NSA’s Hunting Division), and incident response operations (NSA’s Blue Team).

While at NSA, he successfully completed three war-zone deployments to Afghanistan, earning several awards. Brendan has presented in numerous classified venues on various topics related to tactical digital network forensics, mobile device forensics, protocol analysis, Computer Network Exploitation techniques, and combined Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations.

He holds a M.S. in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy.