Jim Granger

    Jim Granger is the Senior Policy Advisor at the Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC).  A native of Portsmouth, RI, he graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1981.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and was commissioned an Ensign in May 1985 through the NROTC program.  He spent 11 years on active duty as a Surface Warfare Officer, including three straight sea tours.  Following his active duty period, he served another 12 1/2 years in the Navy Reserve, retiring as a Commander in December 2008.

    After leaving active duty, Jim Granger took a position as a Computer Specialist in the Information Resource Management department of the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, RI.  In this position he led the growth of information resources from three local area networks (LAN) serving 170 users to ten LANs supporting over 1000 users.  He implemented electronic message dissemination, electronic mail, and Internet access.

    In March, 1997, he took a position in the Operations Department at the Fleet Information Warfare Center (FIWC).  He initially worked in the NAVCIRT Division as a computer network security incident handler and principal advisory drafter.  During this period he attended training in Incident Handling, Windows NT Administration, and Unix.  After sixteen months, he moved over to Computer Network Defense (CND) Operations as the acting division officer and Red Team Officer.  From there he fleeted up to become the Deputy Operations Officer (N3B). 

  In June of 2003, the NAVCIRT was moved out of FIWC and merged with the Navy Component Task Force, Computer Network Defense (NCTF-CND), the new organization being named NAVCIRT.  He led the transition efforts and became Technical Director after the new task force stood up.  In 2006 NAVCIRT was commissioned as a command and renamed NCDOC.  NCDOC is the Navy’s CND Service Provider (CNDSP), an Echelon III command under Commander, TENTH Fleet, and operationally aligned to U.S. Cyber Command.   NCDOC was the first Level III certified CNDSP within DoD, and the first to be reaccredited twice as a Level III CNDSP.

  In October 2007 NCDOC realigned into two primary directorates, Capabilities and Readiness, and Operations, and he became the first Director of Capabilities and Readiness.  In this role he was responsible for four major functional areas:  Infrastructure, Development, Mission Analysis, and Training and Exercises and over 100 military, civilian, and contractor personnel.

  In April 2014 he was reassigned as the Director of the Commander’s Action Group, where he coordinates the command’s response to major issues that touch multiple areas of the command.  In January 2016 he was assigned as the Director of the Future Outcomes Cell, and in May 2017 became the CTF 1020 Staff Director.  In August 2017 he became the Senior Policy Advisor, responsible for strategic direction, engagement, and future initiatives.

  Jim Granger is a Microsoft Certified System Engineer and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).  He was the FIWC Civilian of the Year for 2001.  He was a Copernicus Award winner in 2010 and was awarded the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service award in 2011 and 2014.  He has also received both DoD and DoN IM/IT awards.