Paul Titus

• Director, Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience
• Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Paul Titus is the Director of the Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience division in the National & Homeland Security directorate at Idaho National Laboratory.
Mr. Titus provides strategic leadership in support of the research, development, and deployment of engineered solutions to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure. Significant focus areas for his organization are resilient control systems, electric power grid security, spectrum sharing, and wireless communications challenges targeted at large infrastructure.
Mr. Titus has 43 years of experience in leadership and technical project management that has been developed over 25 years of active naval service and 18 years in the civilian sector working for Idaho National Laboratory.
While serving in the Navy, he attained the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9). He served in a broad range of assignments from law enforcement and military security leadership roles to the management of maintenance & operations of advanced communications and radar systems.
Since he has been at INL, Mr. Titus has chaired INL’s Wireless Working Group; organized a DOE-sponsored, INL-hosted Communications R&D Roadmap working group; led collaborations between the University of Idaho and INL to conduct a nation-wide survey to identify critical security and spectrum gaps in 5G implementation plans; and has been a key player in the establishment of INL’s Wireless Security Institute. Mr. Titus excels in bringing teams together in a cooperative environment to achieve a central objective. He has an excellent reputation for getting the job done right, and he completely understands the importance of teamwork and quality.