FEATURED AUTHOR
Nick Catrantzos
Security and intelligence professional specializing in insider threat defense. Currently teaching homeland security and emergency management as an adjunct professor.
Biography
Nick Catrantzos teaches homeland security and emergency management for the School of Management, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Formerly a security director for a large public utility and critical infrastructure, he previously directed operations for two international security consultancies, Control Risks and Kroll Associates, and led public sector vulnerability assessments under ManTech Security Technologies. In 2009, he graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School’s Homeland Security Master’s Program, where he won top writing honors for his thesis on insider threats. As an intelligence collector, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding service to two government agencies. He spent many years managing adverse consequences. Now he concentrates on preventing them.Education
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Master's, Security Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 2009
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Homeland Security emphasis.
Winner of award for outstanding thesis on insider threat to critical infrastructure.