Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
| Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | |
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| Inaugural holder | Chris Krebs |
| Formation | 2018 |
| Deputy | Nitin Natarajan[1] |
| Website | www |
The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Director, as head of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS, is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for all DHS programs designed to reduce the nation's risk to terrorism and natural disasters. The Director is appointed from civilian life by the President with the consent of the Senate to serve at the pleasure of the President.
The position was created in November 2018, replacing the position of Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs.
Overview
[edit]The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is responsible for directing all of the Department of Homeland Security's integrated efforts to reduce the risk of terrorism and natural disasters to the Nation's physical, cyber and communications infrastructure.
The Director is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. As of January 2022, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $187,300.
Directors
[edit]| # | Image | Name | Took office | Left office | President |
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| Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs | |||||
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Suzanne Spaulding | October 2011 | January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama |
| David Hess
Senior Official Performing Duties of: Jan 21, 2017 – June 2017 |
January 20, 2017 | June 2017 | Donald Trump | ||
| Jeanette Manfra
Senior Official Performing Duties of: June 2017 – August 2017 |
June 2017 | August 28, 2017 | |||
| 2 | 
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Chris Krebs Senior Official Performing Duties of: Aug 28, 2017 – June 15, 2018 |
August 28, 2017 | November 15, 2018 | |
| Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | |||||
| 1 |
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Chris Krebs | November 16, 2018 | November 17, 2020 | Donald Trump |
| - | 
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Brandon Wales Acting |
November 18, 2020 | July 13, 2021 | Donald Trump |
| Joe Biden | |||||
| 2 |
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Jen Easterly | July 13, 2021 | Incumbent | |
Reporting officials
[edit]Officials reporting to the Director of the CISA include:
- Deputy Director of CISA - Nitin Natarajan
- Executive Director of CISA - Brandon Wales
- Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Division (CSD) - Eric Goldstein
- Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security Division (ISD) - Dr. David Mussington
- Executive Assistant Director for Emergency Communications (ECD) - Billy Bob Brown, Jr.
- Assistant Director for National Risk Management Center (NRMC) - Mona Harrington (Acting)
- Assistant Director for Integrated Operations Division (IOD) - Bridget Bean
- Assistant Director for Stakeholder Engagement Division (SED) - Alaina Clark
References
[edit]- ^ "NITIN NATARAJAN". Department of Homeland Security. February 16, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
