Richard “Rick” Aldrich

Rick Aldrich is a senior cyber policy analyst with the Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center (CSIAC). He is also a Cyber Security Policy & Compliance Analyst for Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer (CIO). He works on cybersecurity, policy, metrics, cyberlaw, and privacy issues. He has been awarded several grants by the Institute for National Security Studies to research the legal and policy implications of cybercrime and cyber warfare. He has multiple publications in this field, including a chapter on information warfare in the widely used textbook, National Security Law. He has presented at several national and international conferences, including most recently a conference at NATO. He was a co-author of DoD’s award-winning CyberLaw 1 computer-based training product and the subsequent CyberLaw 2 product. He led an effort to create DoD Cybersecurity Scorecards that are reported monthly to the Secretary of Defense. Prior to his current position he served as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, specializing in the cybercrime and information operations portfolios. He was also recognized as the “Outstanding Professor of Law” at the US Air Force Academy, where he was one of the first in the nation to establish an undergraduate course in Cyberlaw. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the United States Air Force Academy, a Juris Doctor from UCLA, and a Masters of Law in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Houston. He is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of California. He also holds CISSP, CIPT, and GLEG certifications.