Adjunct Professor of Strategic Intelligence
Email: atheiland@phc.edu
Time at PHC: 2023-present
Educational Background:
B.A. in Government: Strategic Intelligence, Patrick Henry College
M.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Western Governer's University
Professor Heiland is currently a Cyber Defense Analyst with a global critical manufacturing firm where he provides first-contact incident response to cyber threats to the enterprise. Prior to that, he served as a contract intelligence analyst in the USIC with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for approximately 5 years, first in Counterterrorism Division and later with Cyber Division. While with the FBI, he briefed a range of audiences including senior division leadership, international law enforcement partners, standards bodies, regulators, and private sector audiences of up to 1500 people on the strategic cyber threat to the US financial sector; including emerging issues like cloud services and open banking. He holds an M.S. from Western Governor’s University (2024, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance) and a B.A. from Patrick Henry College (2015, Government: Strategic Intelligence). Additionally, he holds several industry certifications including EC-Council's Certified Ethical Hacker.
Heiland started with Patrick Henry College as an SI fellow in 2019, and as an adjunct in 2023. Currently, he assists in managing the SI special projects and is looking forward to being a part of a growing cybersecurity element at the college.
