Lieutenant General Michael Flynn is a 33-year veteran of the U.S. Army who has led a long and distinguished intelligence career. One of the nation’s foremost cyber security experts, he headed the Defense Intelligence Agency, which functions as the main foreign military espionage organization in the United States. There, Flynn was known for his relentless, no-nonsense approach to innovation and his drive and willingness to take risks. The top military intelligence officer in the Department of Defense, he successfully sought change and improvement in environments known for resisting both.

Flynn looks at the many threats our nation faces and shares what businesses need to know in order to safeguard their interests. He also offers insights on our nation’s growing cyber threats and discusses what organizations need to know about navigating treacherous cyber waters and what they can do to protect themselves. Flynn’s more than three decades’ worth of lessons learned from combat and intelligence operations offer organizations an unprecedented look at what keeps a top intelligence officer up at night.

At the DIA, Flynn consistently pushed for greater information and intelligence sharing across agencies, strengthening the cooperation between the Army, the FBI, and the CIA. A leading figure in coalition and special operations intelligence operations, he was credited with creating innovative techniques for interrogation operations and operations-intelligence fusion, leading to major breakthroughs in counterterrorism operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere against Al-Qaeda. Flynn was also a key player in our efforts to dismantle insurgent networks in Iraq and Afghanistan, an approach that relied heavily on combining U.S. Special Operations forces with intelligence operatives and analysts.

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