About me
Bill Alderson is a cybersecurity expert, inventor, and veteran who turns network mysteries into solutions. Holder of two U.S. patents on hop starvation—a method to halt cyberattacks by starving malicious packets at the network layer—he’s a master of deep packet inspection and root cause analysis. As an instructor at SharkFest, the annual Wireshark conference, Bill trains global professionals to dissect network traffic with Wireshark, pinpointing the “why” behind breaches and slowdowns.
With a career spanning military service to cyber innovation, Bill hosts the MorpheusCyber.com podcast, diving into packets as cybersecurity’s core and exploring post-quantum encryption’s future. Through Cyversity, he mentors veterans and diverse talent, building the next generation of cyber defenders. Today, he’s here to show teachers how network analysis can spark students’ curiosity and skills for a digital world.