Ben McCarty is an ex-NSA developer and US Army veteran. He is one of the first fully qualified Cyber Warfare Specialists (35Q) to serve in the Army Network Warfare Battalion. During his career, he has worked as a hacker, incident handler, threat hunter, malware analyst, network security engineer, compliance auditor, threat intelligence professional, and capability developer. He holds multiple security patents and certifications. He is currently a quantum security researcher in the Washington, DC, area.
Ari Schloss started his cybersecurity career with the federal government at the IRS and has contracted with DHS and CMS (Medicare). He has experience in NIST 800-53/800-171 compliance, cybersecurity defense operations, and forensics. He has a master’s degree in Information Assurance and an MBA. He currently serves as a security engineer at a defense contractor in Maryland.