Paul M. Joyal

Paul M. Joyal serves as Managing Director of NSI’s Public Safety, Homeland Security and Intelligence Practice. He is a recognized authority and noted commentator on law enforcement, terrorism and intelligence, who has expertise with law enforcement and national security entities nationwide. He served as a federal law enforcement officer and as director of security for the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1980 to 1989.

Paul’s career includes a range of consultation services to fortune 100 firms pursuing opportunities in the former Soviet Union, Turkey, and Iraq. He is a frequent commentator on law enforcement, the former Soviet Union, and terrorism for BBC, ABC, NBC, and other media outlets as well as at GovSec/US Law conferences. In 1998, Paul represented the Georgian Government before the US Congress, as its first lobbyist, and served as an advisor to the Security and Defense Committee of the Georgian Parliament Chairman of the National Security Council and Minister of Defense. He was an advisor and Washington lobbyist to the 2016 political campaign of the Georgian Dream political party. He serves on the Investment Committee of the Georgian Innovation and Technology Agency of the Ministry of the Economy.

Paul also served on the PG County Law Enforcement Task Force and on the former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s transition team for Public Safety.

Paul was elected President of the Maryland Chapter of the FBI InfraGard and was elected to the National InfraGard Board of Directors. Paul served on the GovSec/US Conferences and National CyberWatch Center advisory boards. More associations include the International Chiefs of Police; the American Society for Industrial Security International, the Major City Chief’s organization and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.

He is an author and a regular commentator for the Brussels Morning Newspaper and other media outlets, including multiple appearances on NBC Dateline. He appeared in the Netfliz series SpyCraft.