Melissa Vice is director of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program at the Defense Department’s Cyber Crime Center, which is charged with receiving cyber vulnerability reports and interacting with crowd-sourced cybersecurity researchers — also known as white-hat hackers — supporting the Joint Forces Headquarters DODIN and U.S. Cyber Command. Her IT and cybersecurity leadership experience includes numerous positions at DOD, the Air Force and the private sector, including as GE’s global database developer and administrator for all commercial and military aircraft engine repairs.