Deborah A. Frincke is an American academic and computer scientist specializing in

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who is the associate laboratories director of national security programs at

Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), also known as Sandia, is one of three research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Headquartered in Kirtland Air Force Bas ...

Education

Frincke was educated at the

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, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and mathematics in 1985, a Master of Science in computer science in 1989, and a PhD in computer science in 1992.

Career

Frincke began her career as a professor of computer science at the

University of Idaho The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The Universit ...

. She is the former chief scientist for cyber security at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, one of the

United States Department of Energy national laboratories The United States Department of Energy National Laboratories and Technology Centers is a system of facilities and laboratories overseen by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for scientific and technological research. Sixteen of the sev ...

. From 2014 to 2020, she was director of research for the

National Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collect ...

. As Research Director, Frincke also served as the NSA Science Advisor and the NSA Innovation Champion. She also served as the NSA Science Advisor and the NSA Innovation Champion. Prior to becoming the director of research, Frincke led global education and training for the agency as Associate Director for Education and Training (ADET). While serving as ADET, Frincke also served as Commandant of

National Cryptologic School The National Cryptologic School (NCS) is a school within the National Security Agency that provides training to members of the Intelligence Community. The National Cryptologic School is a Cryptologic Training School within the National Securit ...

, where she established the first NSA Cyber College and launched the GenCyber Program. In these roles, she led a worldwide multiservice military and civilian, corporate-level learning organization while also providing executive steering of four Service schools and 20 satellite campuses across the global enterprise. She is also a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Frincke is the first female head of the research directorate at the agency, and has spoken out about the importance of diverse perspectives in computer security.

Recognition

In 2017 Frincke won the Founders Award of the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education. She was elected as an

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in 2019 "for contributions in education, the practice of research, and the leadership of cybersecurity". Also in 2019, the UC Davis College of Engineering named her as a distinguished alumna.

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