Thomas Hoffecker is currently a senior Information Assurance (IA) leader at a DOD Agency in Northern Virginia. He oversees infusion of new IA technology to his Agency and supervises IA Managers that support enterprise business applications. He has worked for numerous DoD organizations including the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the Army Network Operations & Security Center (NOSC) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and the 1st Information Operations Command’s Regional Computer Emergency Response Team (RCERT) Europe in Mannheim, Germany, DoD Education Activity (DoDEA) in Wiesbaden, Germany, and multiple contractors supporting the DoD. He has multiple industry certifications and holds a security clearance. In his spare time, he and his wife foster dogs for Maryland Westie Rescue (http://www.marylandwestierescue.org).