Dr. Michael Ehrlich

Dr. Michael Ehrlich is IronNet’s Cyber Evangelist, responsible for driving IronNet’s vision for collective defense across public and private sectors. Dr. Ehrlich served previously as IronNet’s Chief Technology Officer. He brings over 20 years of experience to IronNet in offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations, cybersecurity-related public policy, and engineering design and integration. His cybersecurity expertise is grounded in 10 years of service at the National Security Agency, spanning engineering development, operations, and leadership positions. His roles at NSA included: Chief of Operations for a defensive cybersecurity organization responsible for classified networks; as an engineer and division chief in an organization focused on offensive cyber tool development and deployment; and as a detailee to the Department of Homeland Security where he defined and drafted significant portions of National Security Presidential Directive 54/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23 - the Comprehensive National Cyber Initiative.

Prior to joining IronNet, Dr. Ehrlich led technology development efforts at Blackbird Technologies (acquired by Raytheon) where he was responsible for delivering unique cyber tools to Intelligence Community customers. He also spent several years as a member of the research faculty at Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Ehrlich holds Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral engineering degrees from The Johns Hopkins University.