Jacob Horne

Jacob Horne is the Chief Cybersecurity Evangelist at Summit 7, specializing in DFARS, NIST, and CMMC compliance for contractors in the Defense Industrial Base. With over 18 years of experience in offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations, he began his career as an NSA intelligence analyst and U.S. Navy cryptologic technician. As a civilian, Jacob has led governance, risk, and compliance teams at AT&T, Northrop Grumman, and the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership. He has developed and taught cybersecurity training programs for organizations including the NSA National Cryptologic School, UCLA, and UC Irvine. Jacob holds a master’s degree in cybersecurity risk and strategy from NYU and an MBA from the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business.