The National Security Institute (NSI) was founded in 1985 by Stephen S. Burns and David A. Marston, two leading-edge security practitioners whose combined experience included over thirty-five years in government and corporate security environments where they were responsible for designing key programs for protecting some of the nation’s most sensitive technology and business secrets.

Established at the height of the Cold War, the National Security Institute quickly became the leading organization dedicated to assisting cleared defense contractors in understanding the threats to national security. Today, the threat focus has shifted from the military, political and intelligence targets characteristic of the Cold War to industrial and economic espionage on a global scale.

With a long and distinguished record of excellence, the National Security Institute works closely with government and industry in the identification of organizational vulnerability and the deployment of appropriate security countermeasures. Virtually every major defense contractor in the United States is a client of the National Security Institute’s information services, security awareness programs, or seminars.

The world has changed a great deal since 1985. So has the National Security Institute. While NSI maintains its respected flagship information services for government and defense contractor security executives, the company has evolved into an organization that serves both the commercial industry as well as the defense and military markets.

NSI’s information security awareness programs are widely used by America’s leading corporations to educate employees to the risks of critical information loss from hackers, spies and data thieves. These continuous, enterprise-wide programs are helping companies avoid costly security breaches by creating end-user awareness and arming employees with practical, fail-safe solutions for protecting vital corporate information.

NSI's Board of Advisors

The prestigious Advisory Board of the National Security Institute is composed of nine members with impressive security, military, intelligence and academic credentials. Current members include:

General Earl F. Anderson — U.S.M.C. (Ret.)

Maynard C. Anderson — former Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Security Policy

Gregory Gwash — Security Director, The Boeing Company

Bernard A. Lamoureux — Security Director, Lockheed Martin Corp.

Dr. Dale Masi —President, Masi Research Consultants

Noel D. Matchett — President, Information Security, Inc.

John P. O’Neill — Security Director, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Jay H. Thomas III — Security Manager, MITRE Corporation

N. MacDonnell Ulsch — Director, Technology Risk Management,
Jefferson Wells, Inc.

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