Highly skilled cyberscurity and intelligence professional, especially in the fields of human intelligence and security, with more than 35 years of experience in private industry and government. Successful serial entrepreneur. Consistently top-rated speaker at international events. Wrote 6 acclaimed and bestselling books, as well as more than 1,000 professional, trade and academic articles. Received many notable awards, including 2 lifetime achievement awards.

After leaving government service (NSA), he went on to serve as president of the Internet Security Advisors Group, chief security strategist at HP Consulting, and director of technology of the National Computer Security Association. He was also on the graduate and undergraduate faculties of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. Ira was also elected the International President of the Information Systems Security Association, which is a 10,000+ member professional association.

He is also a columnist for ComputerWorld and has written hundreds of professional and trade articles for several other industry publications and has been featured and frequently appears on TV on every continent. He has also been featured in magazines and newspapers including Forbes, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Planet Internet, and Business 2.0.

Ira has been a keynote speaker at almost every major information security related event, on six different continents, and has keynoted events in many diverse industries. He is frequently ranked among, if not the, top speakers at the events.