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President and Principal Engineer
MATT NICKASCH
Matt Nickasch serves as President and Principal Technical Engineer for Leading Defense. His experience includes over 15 years as a Subject Matter Expert in the areas of cybersecurity, service provider and ISP network engineering, architecture and operations, and intelligence analysis.​ Mr. Nickasch's extensive client portfolio includes serving as a Subject Matter Expert, Senior Task Force Officer, and Special Consultant to many agencies, committees, and task forces across the whole of the U.S. federal government. He has continuously worked to discover and disrupt foreign cybersecurity actors that threaten the United States' national security.​ In addition, Mr. Nickasch advises companies and entities across the private sector in the areas of cyber risk assessment, continuity of operations, and disaster recovery.