Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence Summit 2021 2021-05-17T04:00:00-04:00 2021-05-21T13:00:00-04:00
May 17 – 21, 2021
Virtual Event
Rhyner Washburn Cyber Intelligence Researcher, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland

Mr. Rhyner Washburn is the Cyber Intelligence Researcher of the Unconventional Weapons and Technology Division (UWT) of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), headquartered at the University of Maryland, where he manages and conducts research projects spanning across a broad range of international security, terrorism, and cybersecurity topics. His expertise includes election security; terrorist use of cyber domain; multi-domain operations; cyber-physical nexus; insider threat investigations; mass surveillance; cybercrime; emerging technologies; influence operations; and Northeast Asia regional security.

Prior to his current position within START, Mr. Washburn served as an Experienced Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers Cyber Threat Operations, based out of Arlington, Virginia, and continues his work as an independent security researcher.

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