Paul Michaels
CEO & Founder
Paul Michaels is the CEO and Founder of Monoc Securities LLC. Monoc is a veteran-owned small business providing multidisciplinary security consulting services to companies operating within the U.S. National Industrial Security Program (NISP). Paul has developed a mastery of the National Industrial Security Program in his 20 years working with the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. In every engagement, Paul balances U.S. Government regulatory requirements with corporate mission statements, strategic business goals, company culture, and financial objectives.
Prior to starting Monoc, Paul served as the Senior Vice President for Security, Chief Security Officer, and Corporate Facility Security Officer (FSO) for Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions in Arlington, Virginia. Over the last 12 years, Paul has specialized in working with complex industrial security programs going through major program challenges or organization changes. Paul is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Governance Fellow, holder of NACD’s prestigious Directorship certification, and has completed the NACD sponsored CERT Cyber Risk Oversight Certificate program. He is a graduate of American Military University (AMU) with a master’s degree in Security Management and has taught security management courses at AMU. Paul is a U.S. Army veteran and his family are enrolled members of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation which is located in the Northeastern part of South Dakota and a small portion of southeastern corner of North Dakota.