Dr. Diana Summers
Cyber Operations Officer
Dr. Diana Summers is a Cyber Operations Officer with Homeland Security Investigations. She is a cyber criminologist and her areas of expertise include darknet-based criminality, advanced cryptocurrency transaction analysis, and digital forensics. Dr. Summers was formerly a tenured associate professor at the University of Alabama where she also co-directed a law enforcement digital forensic task force. She studied matters of national security, publishing over 25 peer-reviewed studies and reports. She taught undergraduate and graduate courses in policing, digital forensic investigation, blockchain analysis, and cybersecurity and warfare. Dr. Summers holds multiple certifications in cryptocurrency analysis (e.g., Investigation Specialist (CISC), Ethereum Investigations Specialist (EIS), Certified Chainalysis Instructor (CCI)), mobile device and vehicle forensics, and she is a certified incident handler (GCIH).