Cedric Leighton

Cedric Leighton is a CNN military analyst and retired U.S. Air Force colonel with 26 years of intelligence and operational leadership experience. A founding partner of CYFORIX and chairman of Cedric Leighton Associates, he advises on global strategic and cyber risk. A frequent media contributor and speaker, he previously served at U.S. Special Operations Command, the Pentagon and the National Security Agency. Leighton is a decorated officer and a magna cum laude graduate of Cornell University.