Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Incumbent Jen Easterly since July 13, 2021
Inaugural holder	Chris Krebs
Formation	2018
Deputy	[1]
Website	www.dhs.gov/leadership

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[]

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. Since January 2010, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $165,300.

Directors[]

#	Image	Name	Took office	Left office	President
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs
1			October 2011	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama (Dem)
		Vacant	January 20, 2017	July 24, 2017	Donald Trump (Rep)
2		Chris Krebs Acting: July 24, 2017 – June 15, 2018	July 24, 2017	November 15, 2018
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
1		Chris Krebs	November 16, 2018	November 17, 2020	Donald Trump (Rep)
-		Brandon Wales Acting	November 18, 2020	July 13, 2021	Donald Trump (Rep)
					Joe Biden (Dem)
2		Jen Easterly	July 13, 2021	Incumbent

Reporting Officials[]

Officials reporting to the Director of the CISA include:

• Deputy Director of the CISA -
• 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) - Bob Kolasky
• Assistant Director for Integrated Operations Division (IOD) - Rick Driggers
• Assistant Director for Stakeholder Engagement Division (SED) - Alaina Clark
• Director of the Federal Protective Service - L. Eric Patterson

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