Joseph W Mahaffee

Joe Mahaffee, an Executive Vice President and the Chief Information Security Officer at Booz Allen Hamilton, has more than 31 years of experience in cybersecurity, communications, information assurance, and SIGINT. Recently, Mr. Mahaffee launched Booz Allen’s Cyber Solutions Network™ capabilities, which uniquely address cyber threats for clients through an integrated constellation of cyber centers and labs, staffed by Booz Allen cyber experts. When Mr. Mahaffee began his career at Booz Allen in November 1981, he provided system engineering and security support on key Navy and Joint Service programs, such as the Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal (ANDVT) and MILSTAR. As his career progressed, he became the lead systems engineer for the Navy High Frequency Anti-Jam (HFAJ) and Link-II Improved (LEI) program. Mr. Mahaffee was elected Senior Vice President in October 1998, and was promoted to Executive Vice President in 2007. He is currently the Chief Information Security Officer for the firm. He is a member of Booz Allen’s Leadership Team, Technology Capability Leadership Team, and CIO Leadership Council. Previously, Mr. Mahaffee led Booz Allen’s Assurance and Resilience (A&R) capability development team, comprised of professional staff delivering mission assurance, information assurance, and enterprise resilience services across the civil, defense, global security, and commercial markets. He also led the firm’s National Security Agency (NSA) business. In this capacity, he supported the NSA Information Assurance and SIGINT mission objectives by providing a broad range of technology-related services, including Systems Engineering, Intelligence Analysis, Software Development, Modeling & Simulation, System Prototyping and Solutions, Advanced Telecommunications Analysis, Information Assurance, and Program Management. Prior to joining Booz Allen, Mr. Mahaffee was an information security engineer with the National Security Agency. Mr. Mahaffee is very active in the professional community. He served on the Board of Directors for the AFCEA Central Maryland Chapter. Presently, he is a board member of the Independent College Fund of Maryland where he serves as the President of the Executive Steering Committee and Chairman of the National Security Scholarship Program. Additionally, he leads Booz Allen Hamilton/Johns Hopkins University Partnership program. Mr. Mahaffee holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University.