John Benkert, senior vice president of strategic development for Cigent, the developer of Recon Sentinel, has more than 35 years of experience in commercial and government organizations working at the American Embassy in Oslo, Norway and the National Security Agency (NSA), where he received training in operational tradecraft including advanced data recovery, hacking techniques, computer security and forensics. While at the NSA, he was awarded the National Scientific Achievement Award for his technological innovations.