Rob Lee
Commissioner, Commission On Cyber Force Generation
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolRob Lee is a veteran cybersecurity leader and AI strategist with over two decades of experience shaping digital forensics, incident response, and national cyber operations. Currently Commissioner for CSIS’s Commission on Cyber Force Generation and Chief of Research & Chief AI Officer at SANS, he created flagship DFIR courses (FOR500, FOR508) and the SIFT workstation used widely by practitioners. Credited with co-authoring the seminal Mandiant M-Trends reports and originating the term “DFIR,” Rob combines hands-on operational experience—from the 609th Information Warfare Squadron to DOJ FISC advisories—with executive-level guidance for CISOs and CTOs. His work has influenced policy and industry, been featured in major outlets, and he mentors thousands of defenders while advising AI talent programs and moonshot communities. Less obvious: he bridges offensive and defensive expertise with curriculum-building at scale, translating complex adversary tradecraft into teachable, operational tactics.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at United States Air Force AcademyMBA, International Business, MBA, International Business at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Github Skills (14)
sift10
cli9
saltstack8
nodejs8
aws8
parsing7
configuration-management7
salt6
checksum1
crc1
validation1
validate1
corrupt1
magic-numbers1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
teamdfir/concordance
Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
Term concordances for each course in the SANS DFIR curriculum. Used for automated index generation.
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes in 2 months
curriculumdfirindexfor-eachconcordances
teamdfir/sift-saltstack
Dec 2017 - Apr 2018
Salt States for Configuring the SIFT Workstation
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
saltworkstationsiftconfiguration-managementforensics
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