Irving Lachow is a Principal Cyber Security Engineer at the MITRE Corporation . Before joining MITRE, he was a Professor at the National Defense University. Dr. Lachow has extensive experience in both information technology and national security. He has worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, the RAND Corporation, and the Office of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Advanced Systems & Concepts). Dr. Lachow received his Ph.D. in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. He earned an A.B. in Political Science and a B.S. in Physics from Stanford University.