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On December 1, Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the appointment of the first 23 members of the Agency’s new Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, a group that will advise and provide recommendations to the Director on policies, programs, planning, and training to enhance the nation’s cyber defense.
“We’re at a pivotal moment in our history—one that demands we think anew about ensuring the security and resilience of our digital infrastructure in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. That’s why I couldn’t be more pleased that some of our nation’s best thinkers have agreed to join our Cybersecurity Advisory Committee,” said CISA Director Jen Easterly. “I look forward to partnering with these distinguished leaders from across industry, academia, and government to tackle some of the most pressing issues of our time.”
The committee will examine and make recommendations on a variety of topics collectively aimed at strengthening CISA and more broadly reshaping the cyber ecosystem to favor defense. These topics include growing the cyber workforce; reducing systemic risk to national critical functions; igniting the power of the Hacker community to help defend the nation; combating misinformation and disinformation impacting the security of critical infrastructure; and transforming public-private partnership into true operational collaboration.
The members appointed today are some of the nation’s leading experts on cybersecurity, technology, risk management, privacy, and resilience. They bring a diverse set of experiences and perspectives and will empanel a set of subcommittees focused on addressing key focus areas, including the topics highlighted above. In addition to the members noted below, Director Easterly has asked National Cyber Director Chris Inglis to join her in establishing the Advisory Committee and setting its core objectives and priorities.
The members of the Committee are:
Mr. Steve Adler, Mayor, City of Austin, Texas
Ms. Marene Allison, Chief Information Security Officer, Johnson & Johnson
Ms. Lori Beer, Chief Information Officer, JPMorgan Chase
Mr. Robert Chesney, James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs, University of Texas School of Law
Mr. Thomas Fanning, Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
Ms. Vijaya Gadde, Legal, Public Policy & Trust and Safety Lead, Twitter
Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor, University of Pittsburg
Mr. Ronald Green, Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Mastercard
Ms. Niloofar Razi Howe, Board Member, Tenable
Mr. Kevin Mandia, Chief Executive Officer, Mandiant
Mr. Jeff Moss, President, DEF CON Communications
Ms. Nuala O’Connor, Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel, Digital Citizenship, Walmart
Ms. Nicole Perlroth, Cybersecurity Journalist
Mr. Matthew Prince, Chief Executive Officer, Cloudflare
Mr. Ted Schlein, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins; and Caufield & Byers
Mr. Stephen Schmidt, Chief Information Security Officer, Amazon Web Services
Ms. Suzanne Spaulding, Senior Advisor for Homeland Security, CSIS
Mr. Alex Stamos, Partner, Krebs Stamos Group
Dr. Kate Starbird, Associate Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
Mr. George Stathakopoulos, Vice President of Corporate Information Security, Apple
Brigadier General Alicia Tate-Nadeau (ARNG-Ret.), Director, Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Ms. Nicole Wong, Principal, NWong Strategies
Mr. Chris Young, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Strategy, and Ventures, Microsoft
Source: CISA
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