Debra Diehl

MCSE, MCT, CTT

Debra Diehl is President of Amethyst Consulting Group,
a Northern Virginia technical consulting firm specializing in leading edge technologies.

Debbie has over 20 years experience in the computer technology field. She began her career while an Air Force officer, serving as an Intelligence Analyst with the NSA. While there, she attended the NSA's National Cryptologic School and earned a Master of Science degree in Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University.

She has had various positions within the industry, including UNIX systems administration and programming, with an emphasis on hardening the security features of the UNIX source code to meet NSA requirements. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Denver.

Debbie began working with Microsoft systems in 1993, with the release of the Windows NT operating system. She has consulted and worked with clients as varied as the U.S. Marshall's Service, FBI, Justice Department, IRS, VA and Air Force, FDIC, EDS, Dell, Freddie Mac, Unisys and many others.

In addition to security issues, she has experience in the areas of database design and data modeling, operating systems, systems and messaging design, integration and deployment, and project management.