Ex-NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches Boutique Cybersecurity Advisory Firm

Retired U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone, who served as the 18th Director of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command from 2018 until his retirement in February 2024, has launched the Nakasone Group, a boutique national security advisory firm. Announced via LinkedIn, the firm will provide discreet, high-caliber counsel to government leaders, corporations, prominent families, and other private clients facing cybersecurity, geopolitical, and personal security threats. "After more than three decades in uniform, I've seen how quickly the threats facing individuals, families, and organizations are evolving," Nakasone said. "We built this firm to bring the caliber of security counsel once reserved for the highest levels of government to those navigating today's most complex challenges."

The Nakasone Group offers a suite of services tailored for high-profile individuals who typically lack the resources of government agencies or Fortune 500 security teams. Its cyber defense practice advises clients on hardening home networks, personal devices, digital accounts, and connected systems against sophisticated intrusions—priorities that align with the same operational discipline Nakasone championed during his expansion of U.S. Cyber Command's persistent threat-hunting posture. The firm also handles family digital security, anti-fraud and impersonation protection, international travel security, and tailored executive briefings. Clients concerned about compromised credentials can verify exposure using a free email breach checker, while those reviewing their overall exposure should run a comprehensive privacy checkup to identify leaks in their digital footprint.

For clients operating in high-threat regions, the firm prepares travelers for surveillance risks, device compromise, and communications interception—a growing concern as state-sponsored APT groups increasingly target the personal devices of executives and diplomats. Its geopolitical and threat intelligence practice delivers ongoing assessments of security, economic, and political developments that could affect investments, organizations, and families. Travelers relying on workarounds to maintain connectivity abroad should also verify their connection integrity with a DNS leak test to ensure traffic is not being exposed through misconfigured networks.

The advisory team draws heavily from the military, intelligence, law enforcement, and government technology sectors. Former Defense Digital Service director Brett Goldstein serves as CEO, while former DEA chief Anne Milgram and retired Air Force Lieutenant General Charles "Tuna" Moore are among the senior advisors. Nakasone will lead the firm as founder and chairman, bringing three decades of experience overseeing signals intelligence operations, cyber warfare doctrine, and foreign threat disruption campaigns at the highest levels of the U.S. government.