The Many Facets of Terrorism

Mr. Sakaris is well known in the Omaha Community as a subject matter expert in in the field of Information Security and law enforcement processes. He is the President of ISS, Inc. a business that conducts Cyber Security Assessments and follow-on mitigation for clients with patent pending products. Clients of ISS, Inc. have lowered their business insurance premiums after engaging with ISS.  ISS, Inc. is also a licensed Private Detective Agency in the State of Nebraska with a staff the has over 50 years of Law Enforcement Experience that provides extensive background and other investigations to help businesses and individuals navigate through the complex transactions they face every day.

Mr. Sakaris is a former FBI Agent with over 25 years of investigative experience investigating Organized Crime organizations and Cyber Crime in New York City and Omaha Nebraska. He developed and managed the Cyber Intrusion and Cyber Crimes Task Force Programs for the FBI Omaha Division and developed and managed one of the first Information Security outreach programs to the private sector, InfraGard, for the FBI.

He is certified by the internationally recognized certifying authority for Information Security expertise, ISC2, as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISSP, and was one of the first FBI Agents to obtain this highly recognized certification. He has continually maintained this prestigious certification since 2001.

He is one of the most experienced Information Systems security professionals engaged at the US Strategic Command and the wider Depart of Defense and private sector clients on ways to improve Information Security and Risk Avoidance programs.

Mr. Sakaris has an undergraduate degree majoring in Physics and a Master’s degree specializing in Information Security graduating with distinction and holds a Top Secret clearance that allows him to advise US Government Agencies on methods to secure highly classified information systems.

Mr. Sakaris is a US Navy Veteran specializing in Flight Deck Operations during several deployments. He also deployed to Afghanistan with the US Army in combat as the advisor to the Commander of the 82nd Airborne 4th Brigade Combat Team. During his 15-month deployment Mr. Sakaris teamed with his US Army Counterparts to target and dismantle terrorist organizations.

Mr. Sakaris is the past the Chairman of the People with Disabilities Committee helping to raise funds for organizations that service-disabled adults and children. He will be celebrating his 48^th wedding anniversary this year on July 12 on his birthday (a plot hatched by his wife, so he won’t forget). He has five children and ten grandchildren all in the Omaha area.