Eric Eifert

Eric Eifert is an accomplished executive in the field of cybersecurity, currently serving as the Executive Director and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at BEACON RED, where responsibilities include providing strategic consultation on various aspects of cyber security and advising national cyber security programs in the UAE. Additionally, Eifert works as a Cybersecurity Research Engineer at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, focusing on security in Operational Technology and Industrial Control Systems. Previous leadership roles include Senior Vice President positions at Digital14 UAE and Dark Matter LLC, where Eifert led Managed Security Services. Eifert also contributed to academia as an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University, teaching graduate-level courses in computer forensics. Eifert holds a Master's degree in Information Systems from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota.