US Cybersecurity: Protecting Critical Infrastructure

Sean McGurk

Sean McGurk is managing principal for industrial control systems, part of Verizon Enterprise Solutions’ investigative response team. In this role, he leads Verizon’s investigative response capabilities for industrial control, automated and embedded systems security to assist the company’s large business and government customers combat a wide range of emerging cyber security vulnerabilities and protect the nation’s critical infrastructure.

Prior to joining Verizon in 2012, McGurk was a member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service and while at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security served as the first director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. In this capacity, continually updated the status of cyber and physical communications threats, vulnerabilities and consequences by supervising the coordinated mission execution of the U.S. Computer Readiness Team, Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team and the National Coordination Center for Communications.

Prior to joining Verizon in 2012, McGurk was a member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service and while at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security served as the first director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. In this capacity, continually updated the status of cyber and physical communications threats, vulnerabilities and consequences by supervising the coordinated mission execution of the U.S. Computer Readiness Team, Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team and the National Coordination Center for Communications.

Aliya Sternstein

Aliya Sternstein reports on cybersecurity and homeland security systems for Nextgov. She has covered technology for nine years at such publications as National Journal's TechnologyDaily, Federal Computer Week and Forbes. Before joining Government Executive, she covered agriculture and derivatives trading for Congressional Quarterly. She has been a guest commentator on C-SPAN, WTOP and Federal News Radio. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.