Officials from the NSA and FBI discuss cyber threats as part of the Washington Ideas Roundtable Series, present with the Aspen Institute Cybersecurity & Technology Program.

Richard Ledgett, who has announced his retirement later this spring, is the senior civilian leader of the National Security Agency. In this capacity he acts as the Agency’s chief operating officer, responsible for guiding and directing studies, operations and policy. Mr. Ledgett began his NSA career in 1988 and has served in operational, management, and technical leadership positions at the branch, division, office, and group levels.

Paul Abbate is the head of the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch and oversees all FBI criminal and cyber investigations worldwide, international operations, critical incident response, and victim assistance. He most recently served as the assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office. Mr. Abbate began his FBI career as a special agent in March 1996 and has served in various counterterrorism and leadership roles at FBI Headquarters, in Los Angeles, Detroit, and Newark, as well as overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

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