W. Mike Herrington is a Section Chief in the Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters, where he sets strategy for and excercises national oversight over investigations into state-sponsored cyber threats from multiple threat countries.  He has investigated computer intrusion matters in the FBI for over fourteen years.  Prior to his assignment in at Cyber Division, Mr. Herrington oversaw counterintelligence and computer intrusion investigations, as well as the cyber and digital forensics programs, as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) in the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office. He also served in the Richmond, Virginia Field Office as Program Coordinator for digital forensics and computer intrusion investigations, as well as the SWAT and Crisis Negotiation teams.  He was previously assigned to Cyber Division at FBI Headquarters and the San Francisco Field Office, where he investigated computer intrusions and served on the SWAT team as well as the FBI’s worldwide rapid cyber incident response team, the Cyber Action Team.  He also served six months as the FBI’s Assistant Legal Attaché for Cyber Matters in Canberra, Australia, covering Australia and New Zealand.  Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Herrington served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment.  He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an M.S. in Information Technology Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and is a recipient of the 2016 FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in Cyber Investigation.