Amit Yoran was the National Cyber Security Division

National Cyber Security Division

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 director within the United States

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 Department of Homeland Security

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. He took up the post in September 2003 and resigned in October 2004.

As of March 2007, he is the head of a new startup, NetWitness Corp., which also employs Shawn Carpenter

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, a computer counter-intelligence

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 specialist and Sandia National Laboratories

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 whistleblower

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Yoran is a graduate of the United States Military Academy

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 and has a Master's degree in computer science from The George Washington University. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the Institute for International Law and Politics at Georgetown University

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