Former NSA head Paul Nakasone to helm national security institute at Vanderbilt

Published on May 9, 2024



SAN FRANCISCO — Former U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency chief Paul Nakasone has been named the inaugural head of a new, national security-focused hub at Vanderbilt University.

The school on Wednesday announced Nakasone as the founding director and leader of its Institute for National Defense and Global Security, which is expected to formally launch at the Nashville-based campus in the fall.

The appointment follows Nakasone’s retirement earlier this year after a six-year stint as the chief of the U.S. military’s top digital warfighting organization and the world’s largest intelligence agency.

“One of the things that really attracted me to Vanderbilt was the fact that it has a very strong belief in an interdisciplinary approach,” Nakasone told Recorded Future News during a sit-down interview on the sidelines of the RSA Conference in San Francisco. 

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