Michael Sulmeyer

Principal Cyber Advisor

Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff

Dr. Michael Sulmeyer is the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff. He is responsible for advising both executives on all cyber matters, including issues of readiness, capabilities, and strategy. Previously, he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Cyber Policy at the National Security Council, as Senior Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, and an advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Outside of government, he was most recently the Director of the Cybersecurity Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He was also a Senior Fellow at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, and he taught at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law