Mr. Purdy, an attorney and Certified Information Systems Security Professional, is Chief Cybersecurity Strategist for CSC. In this role he is providing strategic input to the development and implementation of a coordinated, company-wide initiative to address cybersecurity needs of CSCs global client base, including: government, commercial, and outsourcing clients. He is also working in national and international venues to influence public policy, best practices, and standards development, and to raise cybersecurity awareness and effectiveness.

Andy Purdy was a member of the White House staff team that helped to draft the U.S. National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (2003). Shortly after its release by President Bush in February 2003, Mr. Purdy went to the Department of Homeland Security to serve on the tiger team that helped to form the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). Mr. Purdy worked at DHS for three and a half years, the last two heading the NCSD and US-CERT, in a capacity that has been referred to as the Cyber Czar of the U.S. In 2006-2007, he served as a Special Government Employee on the Defense Science Board Task Force on Mission Impact of Foreign Influence on DoD Software.