Justin Novak

Justin Novak is a Senior Security Operations Researcher at the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center hosted at Carnegie Mellon University. At the SEI, he is involved in research on the operation of CSIRTs, Sector CSIRTs, and Security Operations Centers, focusing on incident response and incident management. Prior to the SEI, Justin worked in a variety of government roles, including with the federal government at the Department of Defense, and in state government. Justin holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in Security Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and a PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University. Justin is an active member of the FIRST community and serves on the FIRST membership committee.