ALBERT KINNEY

Director
Defense Cyber Security Capability
HP Enterprise Services

Albert Kinney is the Director, Defense Cyber Security Capability at HP Enterprise Services.  In this capacity, Mr. Kinney serves with a team of DoD Cybersecurity Subject Matter Experts responsible for overseeing business, marketing, and investment strategies supporting development of defense cyber warfare services capabilities, industry awareness, and client interaction.

A retired Naval Officer, Mr. Kinney has more than 25 years of experience with leadership, aviation, intelligence, research, and cybersecurity mission areas encompassing operational disciplines ranging from anti-submarine warfare, national and tactical SIGINT, and electronic warfare to the initial development and first operational employment of the Naval Cyber Attack Team.

Throughout his career, Mr. Kinney has held a number of leadership and management positions including executive functions in government, military, and commercial enterprise organizations.  Serving as Director, Naval Remote Operations Center, Mr. Kinney  developed technology, workforce, and policy frameworks for the evolving network warfare discipline.    Working alongside other senior leaders in the broader intelligence community, Mr. Kinney negotiated mission equity relationships achieving meaningful expansion of operational partnerships leading to more complete organizational integration and significant growth of Navy mission capabilities.  As a Portfolio Manager with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Mr. Kinney developed a line of Cyber Warfare business producing competitive wins totaling $20 M, and culminating in a $7.3 M Phase I award for DARPA’s National Cyber Range.  As Principal Scientist with the Northrop Grumman Cyberspace Solutions Center, Mr. Kinney led a portfolio of efforts focused on various aspects of Cyber Warfare command & control including visualization, data aggregation, and automated response methodologies. 

Mr. Kinney holds a Command & Staff Diploma  from the Naval War College along with science and engineering degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School.  He remains active in the academic community as a member of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Cyber Security Advisory Board  and as an adjunct professor within the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering.  His recent academic projects include designing a Masters program in Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy for UMBC.