Career profile
Greg Akers
Advisor and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Dispersive Stealth Networking
- Current role, per sources checked 20 October 2026
- 25 February 2025
Greg Akers is the Advisor and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Dispersive Stealth Networking, appointed in February 2025.
Career path
Before joining Cisco, Akers spent more than fifteen years designing, building and running large networks for Fortune 100 companies, including senior technical and leadership roles at Procter & Gamble and at Fechheimer Brothers, a Berkshire Hathaway company.
He joined Cisco in 1993.
Over his time at Cisco he held a variety of roles, including networking engineer, Vice President for the Worldwide Technical Assistance Center, Senior Vice President-CTO Services, and Senior Vice President-Global Governments Solutions Group.
He served at Cisco as Senior Vice President & CTO of Advanced Security Research & Government, where he was responsible for security awareness, product resiliency initiatives and trust-driven product development.
In February 2025, Dispersive Stealth Networking appointed him as an Advisor and Chief Information Security Officer, a role in which he helps guide the company's security vision and strategy.
Government and industry advisory roles
Akers has provided cybersecurity advisory to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense and the federal intelligence community, for more than fifteen years.
He served as President of the IT Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) in 2002 and as Vice President in 2001.
He has also been a member of the National White-Collar Crime Board and the Board of Directors of the East Carolina Infraguard.
He serves on multiple corporate and nonprofit boards.
Akers holds a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Akron and a CCIE certification.
Published work and public statements
Akers co-authored the research paper Why Encryption Alone Is Not Sufficient for AI and Autonomous Systems Security with Dr. Bryan Stoker, published on Dispersive's site. On joining Dispersive, Akers said, "Dispersive is redefining how organizations protect their most sensitive communications and critical infrastructure," said Greg Akers.
