Greg Shannon

Chief Cybersecurity Scientist

Idaho National Laboratory

Dr. Greg Shannon is an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Fellow and INL’s Chief Cybersecurity Scientist – leading strategic approaches to advance scientific methods, cultivate research in emerging technologies, mentor researchers, and advance national and international solutions, all to protect our nation’s critical infrastructures from serious cyber-physical threats.
Greg joined INL in 2021 from Carnegie Mellon University having served as the Chief Scientist for the CERT Division (originally the Computer Emergency Readiness Team) within the university’s Software Engineering Institute. While there, Greg served at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Strategy.
In addition to his INL roles, Greg currently serves as: A founding board member and passionate advocate for the Women in Cybersecurity professional society that supports women pursuing careers in cybersecurity; The Chief Science Officer for the Department of Energy’s Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII.org) operated by the University of Texas at San Antonio; and a member of the Department of the Air Force Science Advisory Board.
Greg received a B.S. in Computer Science from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences at Purdue University.
For more details, see www.linkedin.com/gregshannon.