Counterintelligence & HUMINT Cyber Operations SME

Deborah J. Varga

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TS/SCI Clearance / CI Scope Polygraph

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Distinguished Counterintelligence (CI), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Cyber Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME). Demonstrated leadership and management career leading complex CI, HUMINT, Counterterrorism, Special Operations Special Activities, Analytic and Cyber operational organizations in the US and abroad. Technically proficient with over 40 years of experience as a highly trained, multi-disciplined intelligence professional, including 21 years as a credentialed U.S. Army and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) active-duty CI Special Agent and HUMINT Officer.

Extensive experience working at the tactical, strategic and operational levels of CI, HUMINT, SIGINT and Cyber Operations. Wide ranging levels of CI and HUMINT investigative and operational execution as a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer, CI Platoon Sergeant, Warrant Officer, Operations Officer, Special Agent in Charge, Commander and DIA Joint Field Support Center Branch Chief. Fully knowledgeable in all facets of CI including investigations, collection and collection management, analysis, CI operations – including offensive CI operations, surveillance, asset validation, sensitive activities, force protection, research and technology protection (RTP), supply chain and risk management (SCRM), damage assessments, counterterrorism, special operations, linguistics, and training and education

Over fifteen years as a government contractor: CI and HUMINT subject matter expert (SME), Senior All Source Analyst, Senior Advisor; IC Strategy, Plans and Policy SME, Sensitive Activities SME, and Cyber Operations Planner and Manager.

EXPERIENCE

Amentum

CI Desk Officer 1 FEB 2026 – Present

Provided focused analysis in support of CI Investigations.

Reviewed active and terminated investigations for vulnerabilities, leads and trends.

Integrated, managed, assessed, and provided focused analysis in support of CI investigations and operations

Reviewed and analyzed reporting and case files related to CI investigations and produced analytical reviews for investigative gaps and operational potential, to include CI flags, CI indicators, and operational vulnerabilities which pose a to HUMINT activities, and produced comprehensive CI reviews.

Conducted coordination among analytical elements of the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), Army Service Component Commands, other government agencies, and the Department of the Army (DA) for CI investigations matters and provided threat- related data back to the division as it relates to CI investigations

Conducted weekly, monthly, and quarterly operational briefings with Government Team/Branch/Division Chiefs.

Cherokee Federal, Linthicum, Maryland 1 SEP 2025 – 1 FEB 2026

Sensitive Activities SME

For the Defense Intelligence Agency conducted critical classified special access program special activities. (All duties and descriptions are classified).

Departed to care for ailing husband who since passed.

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Woodlawn, MD 1 FEB 2024 – AUG 2025

Senior Counterintelligence Team Lead and National Strategy, Plans and Policy SME

Served as the CI Team Lead and Governance and Policy SME for the non-Title 50 and non-Title 10 Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Defensive Counterintelligence Team (DCI).

For DCI, provided management and oversight of all activities and served as the primary customer interface.

Oversaw defensive counterintelligence threat analysis.

Initiated collaboration with the supply chain risk management team to assess supply chain risks and provide all-source analysis and reports of vendors to aid the decision-making process and acceptable risk boundaries.

Served as the DCI Policy Writer and Governance SME IAW applicable Federal Law, Executive Orders, Presidential Decision Directives, and local agency policy.

Gathered, analyzed, evaluated and prepared recommendations for program improvements, organizational process changes, optimization, development, for the entire CI program and analysis, foreign travel threat awareness, foreign national management programs, and other security-related programs as assigned.

Authored the HHS CMS DCI CI Strategic Plan and Policy, the CI Integration Plan, the CI Training and Evaluation Plan, CI Security and Awareness Policy and Standard Operating Procedures, Foreign Travel Program and Policy, CMS CI Collection Requirements, CMS CI Inquiry and Investigations Policy and SOP and the CMS Intelligence Assessments Policy and SOP.

Galapagos Federal Systems LLC, Pentagon, Washington, DC 1 MAR 2023 – 1 FEB 2024

Senior Counterintelligence/HUMINT Analyst and Sensitive Support SME

Served as the Senior Counterintelligence Analyst and Sensitive Support Activities SME in support of the OUSD (I&S), Collection and Special Programs (C&S), HUMINT and Sensitive Activities Division. Developed and coordinated analytic decision-making products to enable clandestine technical operations, access operations, special operations and technical mission integration efforts for the senior Secretary of Defense Staff, the IC, Joint Staff, Military Departments, Combatant Commands, Combat Support Agencies and other non-Defense Federal Departments and Agencies within DoD and across the IC.

Prepared actions with stated positions to advise the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and

Security and his senior leadership.

Provided sensitive security applications for intelligence, special operations, acquisitions and operations in cyberspace.

Coordinated, managed and provided oversight to DOD Component activities employing sensitive support and sensitive security and operational activities to ensure statutory and policy compliance and requisite degrees of effectiveness.

Darkstar Intelligence LLC, Fort Meade, MD 3 MAR 2021 – 1 MAR 2023

Senior Counterintelligence Subject Matter Expert and Command Staff Operations Officer

U.S. Army CI Command (ACI) senior advisor to the Commander, Command Staff and G3.

Provided expert, comprehensive and authoritative advice on CI operations, activities, doctrine and regulations across the ACI command and staff.

Applied a masterful knowledge of the Army, DoD and IC Programs, policies, jurisdictions, methodologies, governing laws, and Executive Orders pertaining to all functional areas within the CI/HUMINT/Cyber fields.

Established and maintained critical relationships with senior members of DoD, DIA, INSCOM, Headquarters, Department of the Army G2, Office of Under Secretary of Defense Intelligence and Security, Office of Budget and Management, and other members of the IC to discuss Cl related issues and concerns to secure acceptance and indispensable support of ACI policies and programs that represent the most controversial or crucial phases to develop CI efforts and implement Army CI transformation.

Instrumental in the planning, development, socialization and implementation of the complex organizational structure, capabilities and historic transformation of the 902d Military Intelligence Group to the ACI.

Prepared and delivered high level briefings, concepts and mission status, decision papers and implementation guidance to senior Army leaders at ACI, INSCOM and HQDA G2.

Conducted ad hoc sensitive activities training relevant to the command’s intelligence operations for the ACI staff and junior soldiers.

Recognized by COL Maria Borbon, CDR, ACI, LTC John Nakata, DCDR ACI and LTC Josh Tompkins, G3, for exceptional performance, CI expertise and dedication to the Command.

Syntelligent Analytic Solutions, LLC, Fort Meade, MD 1 Jan 2019 – 3 Mar 2021

Executive CI Consultant/Senior All Source Analyst

USCYBERCOM J2X-CI Senior CI All Source Analyst and Operations Officer responsible for

strategy, plans and policies including creating new USCYBERCOM instructions. A masterful understanding of doctrine and overarching Federal, IC, DoD, CCMD and the military services, provided the ability to drive CI integration into the cyber mission space.

Created the J2X-CI critical mission master task list and associated specified tasks including Core

CI regulations and requirements, CI awareness, reporting, inquiry and investigation processes, CI collection, CI collection requirements, CI inquiries, special activities, risk assessments, foreign visitor program requirements, foreign travel review program, foreign contact review program, TSCM utilization and request procedures, offensive CI operations requirements, and Badge and Credential accountability program. Constructed the USCYBERCOM J2X-CI into three divisions to efficiently accomplish the substantial myriads of tasks.

Served as the J2X-CI Task Manager. Reviewed all taskers for equities, resource allocation, deadlines and overall scope and response. Ensure proper staffing, response, completion, editing and submission.

Created, drafted, coordinated and submitted J2X-CI standing and ad-hoc Intelligence and Cyber

integrated Collection, OFCO and special activities requirements. For USCYBERCOM and supported MDCOs, received operational requirements and conducted analysis to determine individual, organizational and national risks.

Applied subject matter expertise in special activities to advise and inform personnel on best operational security and risk mitigation measures during operational activities both CONUS and OCONUS.

Coordinated with the USDI, DIA OCI, J2 and NSA to deconflict and coordinate intelligence collection and operational requirements and information needs, gaps and risks. Assisted in the development of planning documents and development of organizational structures to aid in the future footprint of the unit.

Assisted in the development of specific, time sensitive SAP operations for USCYBERCOM assets

and supporting MDCO and CCMD operations and collection missions.

Identified, monitored, and assessed foreign intelligence efforts attempting collection of sensitive national security information on U.S. persons, activities and interests, including threats posed by emerging technologies to U.S. operations and interests.

For USCYBERCOM J2X, J3 and supporting MDCOs, conducted, developed, produced, and presented programs of instruction in specified collection operations, TTPs, and related or supporting processes, relevant to the various CI, HUMINT and technical intelligence operations.

Drafted and coordinated the USCYBERCOM 8500-21 and 8551 Annex B. Created the

standardized template to meet J2 specific mission requirements.

ThreatConnect, LLC, Linthicum, MD Mar 2018 - Jan 2021

Program Manager

Responsible for the development of a Special Access Program prototype system supporting

USCYBERCOM and the USAF Special Activities/CDM office to gather, analyze, decide, integrate and operate upon target data from diverse data sources to drive cyber collection and targeting operations in real time.

Coordinated directly with the J2, J3 and NSA for Combat Target/Combat Fires platform development.

Served as the Intelligence SME to bridge the gap of intelligence collection/targeting with cyber and engineering SMEs.

Raytheon Corporation, Washington, DC Jul 2016 - Mar 2018

Senior Business Development Manager for DHS NPPD

Ensured the safeguard and protection of the federal government .gov domain by aggressively taking decisive steps to protect .gov networks and information.

Researched and identified critical threats to the .gov and provided efforts to develop, deploy and

sustain systems that monitor, analyze and mitigate cyber threats to .gov networks.

Advised DHS, federal agencies, and private companies on processes to take action to improve their risk posture and support a common operational picture of the national cyber and communications risk landscape.

Cyberspace Solutions, LLC, Reston, VA Jun 2013 – Jul 2016

Director, Business Development

Senior Corporate Executive crucial to expanding and diversifying corporate portfolio and growth.

Supported all elements of corporate staff and operations including recruiting and mission execution at numerous client locations at DIA, USSOCOM, USSTRATCOM, USCENTCOM, USCYBERCOM, NSA, DHS, FBI and ODNI.

National Security Partners, LLC, Annapolis Junction, MD 2011 - 2013

Executive Consultant/Senior Analyst

Executive Consultant/Senior Analyst to the special assistant to the director of NSA for cyberspace issues (NSA Cyber Task Force). Specific expertise in Policy, Strategic Planning, Analysis, and National/ DoD cyberspace operations.

Secure Mission Solutions, Fort Meade, MD and Washington, DC 2007 - 2011

Program Manager

As lead contractor, managed the USCYBERCOM’s J3 24x7x365 operational environment and the J5 Strategy, Plans and Policy Operations. Overall responsibility for budget, cost and schedules, risks and risk mitigation, resources, quality assurance and success of the J3 and J5 mission.

In coordination with USSTRATCOM, the J3 and J5, developed the national response to significant cyber incidents with DoD, DHS, FBI and other federal agencies.

Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security

Led the newly created DHS Cyber Threat Analysis Branch for the Intelligence and Analysis Directorate (IA).

Under the direction of the National Security and Homeland Security Councils, executed the operation of a DHS, ODNI and IC national security priority special access program, executed and implemented from the White House.

SCITOR, Washington, DC 2005 - 2007

Senior Counterintelligence Agent and Strategy Plans and Policy Analyst

In accordance with the National CI Strategy and the National Intelligence Strategy, coordinated the development and objectives of budgets and resource allocation plans for national CI programs for the National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) and the ODNI.

Conducted the first national CI OFCO assessment. Reviewed operations of all service equities and the FBI to determine actual operational environment, risks, risk mitigations and opportunities; determined real world collection input to the broader IC; prioritize employment of collection assets and analysis resources; refined design, planning, operations, and targeting through anticipatory intelligence support and most importantly, provide the “so what” to inform commander decision making.

Athena, Inc., Washington, DC 2004 - 2005

Senior Counterintelligence Agent

Senior CI Officer assigned to the Deputy under Secretary of Defense, CI and Security (DUSD-CI&S).

Developed and executed a full US Federal Government Insider Threat Study which examined all current, future and leading-edge technologies, CI plans, tradecraft, tools, investigations and operations relevant to thwart National Threats by Insiders. Spearheaded the USDI’s CI Field Activity Insider Threat Working Group for the development of the new DOD Insider Threat Defense Office.

General Dynamics, Washington, DC 2003 - 2004

Technical and Department Manager

Selected to establish a new organization and customer base, offering technical services and subject matter expertise for DHS’ 22 federal component organizations and operations.

Provided strategic analysis and developed strategic intent and direction, mission focus and statement for antiterrorism activities of risk assessment, critical infrastructure protection, incident reaction, and consequence management.

Sytex, INC., Hanover, MD 2001 - 2003

Program Manager/Senior Instructor

Program Manager responsible for the first 10-million-dollar contract for the new Defense Intelligence Agency, Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy.

Senior Instructor for the Advanced Counterintelligence Course, Surveillance, Investigations, CI Interrogations, Intelligence Analysis, Joint Terrorism Task Force Course, Counterintelligence Force Protection Operations Course, Signal Reduction Course, CI for Defense Critical Infrastructure Protection Course (CIP); Research and Technology Protection, Intelligence Tradecraft Training, Basic Counterintelligence and multiple CI, HUMINT, CT and specific country threat courses.

US ARMY 1980 - 2001

Counterintelligence Special Agent, HUMINT Officer, Russian Interrogator, SIGINT Collection Operator and Commander

US Army, Intelligence and Security Command by name-select as the inaugural Operations Officer and Senior Instructor for the new Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy, (Foreign Counterintelligence Activity, 902d MI), Hanover, MD

Operations Branch Chief and Forward Support Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency, Joint Field Support Center, Hanover, MD and Monterey, CA

Senior Counterintelligence Agent and HUMINT Officer, Joint Special Operations Command, Washington, DC

Battalion S2, Intelligence Officer and Division Senior CI Special Agent, 24th Infantry Division, Ft Stewart, GA

Commander and Special Agent in Charge, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, Frankfurt, GE

CI Platoon Sergeant, 165th Military Intelligence Battalion, Darmstadt, GE

Special Agent, Defense Nuclear Agency (now DTRA), Alexandria, VA

Special Agent, 902d Military Intelligence Group, Fort Meade, MD

Electronic Warfare Cryptological Morse Intercept Operator (SIGINT), U.S. Army Field Station

Augsburg, Augsburg, GE and Vint Hill Farms, VA

Education

BS, Political Science, University of Maryland, European Division, 1989 - 1993

AA, Russian Studies, University of Maryland, European Division, 1989 - 1991

Selected Special Training

DoD Language Institute Basic and Intermediate Russian Studies, Monterey, CA

Defense Intelligence Agency Strategic Debriefer’s Course, Ft Huachuca, AZ

Military Intelligence Operational Familiarization Course, Washington, DC

Defense Intelligence Agency Joint Counterintelligence Staff Officer’s Course

U.S. Army Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence Training Course, Hanover, MD

Joint CI Training Academy Suite of CI and Analytic Courses, Hanover, MD

Joint CI Training Academy/USAF OSI Basic Instructor Course, Hanover, MD

Foreign Language Training Center, Europe, Garmisch, GE

British SAS Surveillance and Operations Course, Frankfurt, GE

Sacharov Russian Institute (Intermediate Russian), Munich, GE

US Army Advanced Warrant Officer Course, Fort Huachuca, AZ

US Army Warrant Officer Course, Fort Huachuca, AZ

US Army CI Special Agent Course, Fort Huachuca, AZ

Electronic Warfare Cryptological Morse Intercept Operator Course, Fort Devens, MA

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