Mark D. Young

Mark D. Young is a leading authority on national security and advanced technology and played a critical role in the oversight and development of U.S. intelligence and cybersecurity policies, plans, and operations for the past 25 years. He is the Chief Risk Officer at Consensys Software Inc., the global leader in web3 software. He previously founded an advanced artificial intelligence platform company that evaluates the reliability of source material for the mass media, information, and financial business sectors.

Before founding Credibility, LLC, he was the first Chief Security Officer at IronNet Cybersecurity, Inc., an advanced cybersecurity technology and services firm serving the financial, energy, and national security business sectors.

Prior to entering the private sector, Mr. Young served as the Executive Director for the Plans and Policy Directorate at U.S. Cyber Command. He was responsible for strategy, policy, and doctrine development for U.S. cyberspace operations. He was an advisor to the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and led the Command’s interagency interactions on multiple National Security Staff working groups. Before Cyber Command, he was the Special Counsel for Defense Intelligence on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House of Representatives. Mr. Young has more than 12 years at the National Security Agency and is a former U.S. Navy naval aviator flying the Grumman E-2C Hawkeye.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Norwich University in 1992 and a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College in 2022. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2006. Mr. Young is a member of the Maryland Bar and has published legal articles in the Journal of National Security Law and Policy and the Stanford Law and Policy Review. He is an Advisor to the Digital Dollar Project and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.