Career
Deborah Frincke joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2004 as Chief Scientist for Cyber Security, and currently leads PNNL's internal research investment in cyber security, the Information and Infrastructure Integrity Initiative. Prior to joining PNNL, Frincke was a (Full) Professor at the University of Idaho, and co-founder/co-director of the University of Idaho Center for Secure and Dependable Systems.
As the NSA/CSS Associate Director for Education and Training, Dr. Deborah Frincke leads the National Cryptologic School (NCS) as NCS Commandant and manages a worldwide multiservice military and civilian, corporate-level learning organization to deliver education, training and career development to members of the NSA/CSS workforce. She is dual-hatted as the NSA/CSS Training Director, governing the Cryptologic Training Council and providing executive steering of four joint service schools and 20 satellite campuses across a global enterprise.
Deborah worked from 2004-2011 at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as Chief Scientist for CyberSecurity. Prior to joining PNNL, Dr. Frincke was a (Full) Professor at the University of Idaho, and co-founder/co-director of the U Idaho Center for Secure and Dependable Systems, one of the first such institution s to receive NSA's designation of a national Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education. She was a charter member of the Department of Energys cyber security grass roots community. She co-founded TriGeo Network Systems, which was positioned by Garner in the Leaders Quadrant for security information and event management. She has written over eighty published articles and technical reports.
Dr. Frincke has been a member of several editorial boards, including: Journal of Computer Security, the Elsevier International Journal of Computer Networks, and the International Journal of Information and Computer Security. She co-edits a Board column for IEEE Security and Privacy. She is a steering committee member for Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID) and Systematic Advances in Digital Forensic Engineering (SADFE). Dr. Frincke received her PhD from the University of California, Davis in 1992.
Specialties: Dr. Frincke's research spans a broad cross section of computer security, both open and classified, with a particular emphasis on infrastructure defense and computer security education.