Credentials
Department
College of Health and Applied Sciences
Topics
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cybersecurity Data Security/Hacking Foreign Policy and Security Fraud Military Veteran TerrorismExpertise
- Counter-terrorism
- Counterinsurgency
- Intelligence operations
- Covert operations
- Nuclear security
- Cybersecurity
About
Richard Mac Namee is the director of the Cyberseccurity Center at Metropolitan State University of Denver. His areas of expertise include counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, intelligence operations, covert operations, nuclear security and cybersecurity. He currently teaches Cybersecurity Capstone for senior students.
Prior to joining MSU Denver, Mac Namee worked as a British Army officer, whose service included the Household Division’s Scots Guards and being an operator and commander in the United Kingdom’s Special Forces. His service required him to deploy to numerous locations throughout the world commanding operations conducted in the interests of national security, including being seconded to the U.K.’s Security Service (MI5).
Following a recall to military service as a Special Operations commander from 2009 to 2011 as part of the U.S. surge into Afghanistan, Mac Namee was recruited by a Tier One research university in the U.S. and appointed as a professor of the Practice at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. There, he delivered graduate-level classes in Counter-Terrorism, Intelligence Operations and Covert Operations, as well as Technical and Cybersecurity Operations. Mac Namee returned to private practice in September 2018 to deliver Counter-U.A.S. technologies into Thailand as well as Artificial Intelligence Cybersolutions for a large Mexican bank.
Since retiring from the military, Mac Namee has successfully established and led several profitable commercial enterprises in the private sector in the fields of business intelligence, security and risk. He was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service for his services with Special Operations. He is the author of “The 5W’s of Terrorism,” which was published in the 5th International Symposium and Seminar on Global Nuclear Human Resource Development for Safety, Security and Safeguards in 2016.
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Director of the Cybersecurity Center
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Expert Articles
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Politics
Fiona Hill: Putin distorting history
Foreign-policy expert says avoiding direct military engagement and pushing non-NATO members to apply diplomatic pressure are crucial strategies in stopping Russia.
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Cybersecurity
The future of cyberwar
The U.S. rallies its cyberdefenses as the Russia-Ukraine conflict escalates on and off the battlefield.
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Politics
Russian invasion tests the international order
MSU Denver President Janine Davidson, former undersecretary of the Navy, says NATO alliance and nuclear weapons dictate the terms of involvement in Ukraine.
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Cybersecurity
Cyber Heroes Prepare for Battle
With cybercrime soaring, the race is on to train a new generation of digital defenders.