Nicholas McCoy

Nicholas McCoy has extensive work experience in the field of cybersecurity. Nicholas is currently serving as a Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Operations at Hypori since May 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Peraton as a SOC Team Lead for the Department of Education from August 2021 to May 2022.

From 2013 to 2021, McCoy held various roles at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc. These included Cyber Security Lead for the Navy, Research and Development Lead for Corporate NG, Cyber IPT Lead for the Air Force, and Cyber Operations Lead for the Department of Homeland Security. In these roles, they managed teams, implemented security measures, coordinated ATO activities, supported incident response, and administered various applications and hardware.

Before joining Northrop Grumman, McCoy worked as a Senior Cyber Engineer at ManTech for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from May 2013 to November 2013.

Earlier in their career, McCoy worked at CGI as a Site Lead and Deputy Program Manager for the Marine Corps, as well as a Systems Administrator Lead for the Joint Strike Fighter Program. Nicholas also served as an Information Systems Coordinator at the American Staffing Association and as a Help Desk Technician at Cable & Wireless Communications.

Overall, Nicholas McCoy has a strong background in cybersecurity and has held leadership positions in various organizations, where they have demonstrated expertise in managing teams, implementing security measures, and administering critical systems and applications.

Nicholas McCoy holds a Master's degree in Information Technology from Virginia Tech. Nicholas obtained this degree but the specific start and end years are not provided. Prior to their Master's degree, McCoy attended Virginia Tech from 1994 to 1999, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. McCoy has also acquired several certifications in various fields. In 2011, they obtained the VCP 4 certification from VMWare. In 2010, they obtained the MCITP 2008 - Enterprise Administrator certification from Microsoft and the PMP certification from the Project Management Institute. In 2008, McCoy obtained the Security + certification from Comptia, and in 2009, they obtained the CISSP certification from ISC2. Finally, in 2013, they obtained the NCDA certification from NetApp.