Derek S. Reveron is Chair of the National Security Affairs Department at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, Faculty Affiliate of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Lecturer in Extension at Harvard University. He specializes in strategy development, non-state security challenges, and U.S. defense policy. He served as a governor-appointed commissioner on the Rhode Island Cybersecurity Commission. His published work examines US foreign policy and defense strategy.