Dick Schaeffer is an internationally recognized information assurance and computer security professional with a deep understanding of the misson needs of modern enterprises. He is the former Director of the Information Assurance Directorate at the US National Security Agency (IAD NSA). As IAD Director he led the US government in full spectrum defense against a wide range of threats. IAD has primary responsibility in the US Government for ensuring products, services, technologies and standards are available for the benefit of the entire government. IAD is a key contributor to the Information Assurance Strategy to protect the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Global Information Grid (GIG) and other National Security Systems of the U.S. government. It supports ongoing military operations by delivering solutions that enable the secure and dynamic sharing of information between and across security domains at multiple classification and sensitivity levels.