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DRA Enterprises, Inc. . . . AN ALLIANCE TO BRING YOU VALUE Introduction  Two former senior government officials at the U.S. Homeland Security and the National Security Agency, Andy Purdy and Dan Wolf, have formed a strategic alliance to provide consulting and board services to companies and venture capital firms. This offering presents a suite of capabilities that can meet important needs of companies and venture capitalists regarding cyber, telecommunications, and information risk, business strategy and development, regulatory compliance and interaction with government, and the CFIUS process involving foreign acquisition of U.S. companies. Those services include consulting on business strategy, active business development and partnership engagement, government relations representation, and technology assessment.
This document details those services and the backgrounds of the principals, and solicits opportunities for retained consulting services and board positions as directors and advisors. Summary This alliance offers to venture capital firms, companies, and emerging enterprises the strategic counsel and active engagement of two individuals who held important, highly visible senior positions in the U.S. Government. Their network of contacts is extensive. They are both well known to Federal, state and international government officials, as well as senior officials in major companies. Their experience and contacts give them the ability to:
Summary of Capabilities
Frequently encryption is included in a system as a security component to ensure confidentiality, integrity, or availability. We provide the capability to evaluate the strength and correctness of the implementation of the algorithms to ensure its effectiveness and reliability. Consulting with companies and trade groups/associations to develop and implement strategy for interaction with domestic and foreign government regulators. Among current issues are DHS' solicitation of input about possible regulation of the chemical industry, proposed legislation on Capitol Hill about possible revisions to the Homeland Security Act and the need for vulnerability assessments of companies and entire sectors, and the implementation of the Sector Specific Plans of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan through the Sector Coordinating Councils of each sector coordinated by the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security (PCIS). Consultation with foreign entities whose proposed acquisitions of domestic companies may trigger the CFIUS process requiring interagency review of the transaction by a Treasury Department-led committee of Federal agency representatives. On some occasions this process leads to the necessity for the negotiation of a special security agreement between the acquiring entity and the U.S. Government if the the transaction is to be allowed. Background Andy Purdy  In early 2007, Andy Purdy formed DRA Enterprises, Inc., specializing in information assurance and cyber security, software assurance, business development, and government relations. Andy provides services as an independent consultant focusing on business strategy, business development, and technology ventures. In addition, Andy currently serves as a Special Government Employee on the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Foreign Influence on Software Development.
Andy served as the nation's "cyber security czar" for two years in his role as Acting Director of the National Cyber Security Division/US-CERT of the Department of Homeland Security. He departed the department in early October with the appointment of Greg Garcia as Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Telecommunications. Andy served for three and a half years at DHS beginning with his role in the set up and launch of the NCSD beginning in April 2003 after he moved to DHS from the White House staff. He served as Deputy Director through October 2003, after which he served as a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon working fulltime in a contractor capacity supporting DHS/NCSD, until September 2004 when Secretary Ridge appointed him Acting Director, where he served for 24 months. Until the end of December Andy served as a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon, working on the Resiliency Engineering Framework with the Financial Services Technology Consortium.  Prior to beginning his work in support of DHS, Andy served as a member of the White House staff as Deputy to Howard Schmidt, the Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board (PCIPB), where he helped to draft the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Previously, at the United States Sentencing Commission Andy served as Acting General Counsel from November 1999 to January 2001 and was Chief Deputy General Counsel from 1989 until that time.
Andy served as a Federal prosecutor in Philadelphia, Special Counsel to the House Ethics Committee, Counsel to the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee, and Assistant Attorney General in Missouri. He also worked as Senior Staff Counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations' investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy. Andy served for five years in network news in Washington at NBC and CBS News. Andy is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia Law School, and is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Dan Wolf After departing government service after 39 years on March 3, 2006, Daniel G. Wolf, became the President of Cyber Pack Ventures, Inc. specializing in consulting on a variety of Information Assurance, Intelligence, and Homeland Security topics. Prior to this he was the Director of the Information Assurance Directorate of the National Security Agency (NSA), where he held the responsibility for implementing an Information Assurance strategy to protect government communications and networks carrying classified National Security Systems information. This included support for 22 government agencies in DoD, the Intelligence Community, and Homeland Security. His organization provided direct support to the US military worldwide and worked with numerous foreign partners to provide interoperable secure communications and networks. He managed seven lines of business: vulnerability discovery, solutions generation and development, solution deployment and maintenance, defensive information operations, research, microelectronics, outreach and awareness. As the Director of Information Assurance at NSA, he was responsible for the world's largest single cadre of IA professionals, which provided America's National Security Systems with trusted and protected IA products and services. Prior to his appointment as Director of Information Assurance, Mr. Wolf was the Directorate's Deputy. Other major NSA assignments include the Chief of the Technical Support Group (1994-1997) and the Chief of the Technical Analysis Group in the Operations Directorate (1997-2000). As leader for both organizations, he was responsible for providing time critical information to the National leaders and to Military leaders worldwide. Mr. Wolf has received numerous awards for his many contributions to the Defense and Intelligence Communities - the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive in 2003, the Presidential Rank Awards of Meritorious Executive in both 1996 and 2001, the DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 2000, and the DoD Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service in 2006. He also received the NSA Exceptional Civilian Service Award and the NSA Director's Distinguished Service Medal. Mr. Wolf earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Case Institute of Technology, and a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (Computer Systems) from the University of Maryland College Park. He is also a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellow Program at Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government) and the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) in Charlottesville, VA. For the last eleven years he has been a member of the Adjunct faculty of Howard Community College, where he teaches C, Advanced C, and Java programming. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University Of Maryland University College in the Graduate School of Management & Technology, teaching Homeland Security courses. | |||
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