Cyber Instincts™

We're committed to making the world's digital environment safer. 

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What we focus on

Strategic Leadership

We govern and lead businesses through Board of Directors representation. 

Consulting

We provide consulting to government and business clients. 

Teaching

We're teaching the next generation of cyber warriors. 

Investing

We invest in promising technology startups.
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I founded Cyber Instincts™ to mentor and encourage young people, especially women, to join this exciting and growing career field, along with sharing wisdom with businesses as an investor and Board representative. 

Diana Parr
Founder of Cyber Instincts™

Blog

Leading a Roundtable on Growing and Educating the Future Cyber Workforce at the 2023 Security Leadership Exchange.

By Diana Parr • September 17, 2023
I am leading a roundtable on Growing and Educating the Future Cyber Workforce. As an educator at the University of South Carolina as well as a cyber leader in government and private industry, I am uniquely qualified to discuss the best way to educate our desperately needed talent base of cyber knowledgeable workers. Read more about the Security Leadership Exchange here: https://www.itsecurityexchange.com/

Press

Cyber Ninja on Capitol Hill


What happens when you send a Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity expert to Capitol Hill for a year? 

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Meet the Founder

Diana Parr has devoted her career to making the digital world safer through cybersecurity education, policy, governance, strategy, investment, and leadership. Learn more about her superpowers.

  • Protecting the nation from cyber threats.

    Diana is currently serving as a Sr. Principal Cyber Advisor to US Cyber Command’s Joint Operations Center where she is leading efforts for defensive and full spectrum military cyberspace operations. Her role involves informing decision makers on geopolitical, criminal, nation state, technical, and other threats to protect the nation and to bolster cyber defenses.

  • Cyber strategy, policy, and governance.

    Diana has held positions involving planning for countering offensive cyber attacks though a legislative fellowship on Capitol Hill developing cybersecurity legislation. 

  • Cybersecurity education.

    Diana has served as an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) teaching in their Cybersecurity Graduate program.

  • Leadership and innovation in national security.

    Diana spent 11 years working in the national security field at the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). There, she led innovative technology programs, including the intelligence community’s early cloud-infrastructure implementation.