He is also an affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security (CCHS) at George Washington University. He previously served for almost a decade as an intelligence analyst and risk analyst with the New York State Office of Counter Terrorism (OCT), and served as the first ever Visiting Professor of Homeland Defense at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Brian received his BA in political science from Binghamton University, and his MA and PhD in political science from the University at Albany.