COL Brandon Pearce

CISO, NGA

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Colonel Brandon H. Pearce serves as the Chief Information Security Officer at the National Geospatial- Intelligent Agency. Col. Pearce directs 50+ military, government civilians and contractors safeguarding information and information systems from threats while supporting the Agency's need to conduct secure and effective operations, and is the Authorizing Official for Agency need to information systems. He and his team publish and enforce cybersecurity strategy, standards, policies and procedures that comply with law, policy and Agency agreements.

Colonel Pearce came on active duty in the Air Force in 1987, and was commissioned through the Air Force Academy in June 1993. Colonel Pearce has served in a variety of leadership positions in the joint arena and at multiple levels of the Air Force, both in garrison and deployed. Prior to his assignment at NGA, Colonel Pearce was the Chief of Current Intelligence, United States Cyber Command. Colonel Pearce's squadron command was at the 91st Network Warfare Squadron, directly supporting operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and then Global War on Terror.