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Lawrence C. Hale is the deputy director of the National Cyber Security Division's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He has been active in the
information assurance community since 1996, when he served as an information assurance action officer focusing on secure interoperability issues on the Joint Staff. While at the Pentagon, Hale was a
member of the Joint Staff Information Operations Response Cell during a number of exercises and actual cyber events, which helped shape the U.S. government's computer security policy. Hale was one of
Federal Computer Week's 2003 Federal 100 Award winners, recognized for his contribution as an information technology leader.
In January 1999, Hale became the first uniformed military officer assigned to the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC). While at the NIPC, he worked to improve the process of issuing
warnings about cyber-related events and served on the Y2K task force in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Hale retired from the U.S. Navy as a Commander in May 2001. He has a master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, and a master's in Aeronautical Science from
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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 Lawrence C. Hale: Deputy Director, National Cyber Security Division's
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