Marc Packler
President, CISO Advisory
Pioneering, innovative, highly accomplished, and decorated, Marc leverages an immense and diverse skillset – derived over the course of his 25+ year career in the United States Air Force – to positively impact digital security, digital transformation, risk management, and strategic operations within organizations across a vast array of industries.
“Once you truly believe that cybersecurity is critical to your business needs, then you can embrace it in your culture.”
Achieving the rank of Colonel, Marc’s rich military career included assignments as:
Commander, Air Force Cyberspace Capabilities Center
Commander, 375th Communications Group
Director, Legislative Affairs, United States Cyber Command
Commander, 2nd Communications Squadron
Executive Officer, Office of Warfighting Integration
Congressional Fellow for Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska)
Fellow, Center for a New American Security
With digital security at its core, Marc’s experience within both the public and private sectors spans executive leadership, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, governance, and legislative affairs, among many other areas. Marc maintains the prestigious credentials, CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), as well as Project Management Professional (PMP), and Masters’ Degrees in both National Security Strategy and Management Information Systems.
Marc is a widely acknowledged subject matter expert and public speaker on matters of digital protection and risk management.