Robert Daugherty

As Vice President of Enterprise and Industrial Security & Safety, Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Sierra Nevada Company (SNC), Robert Daugherty leads a holistic Security Program that includes SNC’s Security Operations Center (SOC), Classified Networks and Programs, Classified Facilities, Counterintelligence, Cybersecurity, Insider Risk, Personnel Security, Operational Security, Business Continuity, Crisis Management, and Safety. Since joining SNC in early 2018, Robert has built a world-class Security Program that is recognized by the USG as being one of the top performing (1%) in all of industry with multiple Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA) Cogswell Awards for program excellence.

Armed with an MBA, BCompSc, and CISSP, CISM certifications, Robert’s extensive background includes 25+ years of moving organizations toward excellence by leveraging technology securely to improve mission in rapidly evolving high-growth startup business units, highly matrixed enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the Defense and Intelligence sectors.

Robert’s security mantra is “assume breach”; organizations must adopt a proactive counterintelligence, data-driven and risk-based mindset, constantly hunting for and quickly detecting anomalous internal and external activity.