Anne Neuberger (born 1976)
is an American
national security
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official, who serves as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology in the
Biden Administration
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. Prior to this role, she served for over a decade at
NSA
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, as Director of Cybersecurity, as Assistant Deputy Director of Operations and as the Agency's first Chief Risk Officer. She joined the federal government as a
White House Fellow
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, working at the
Pentagon
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A pentagon may be simpl ...
, and subsequently served as Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Navy, before joining NSA.
Before entering into government service, Neuberger was Senior Vice President of Operations at American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
Early life and education
Neuberger grew up in
Brooklyn
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, New York, and in 1997, she received a
BA from
Lander College for Women of
Touro College
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.
In 2005, she graduated from
Columbia University
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with an
MBA
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and
Master of International Affairs (MIA) in Operations Management, International Affairs, Security Policy, Persian Gulf.
She was also selected to the
White House Fellows
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.
Anne Neuberger grew up in the
Hasidic community of
Boro Park
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in
Brooklyn
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, New York City.
Career
Anne Neuberger worked in the private sector in various technology roles, where she was responsible for directing and automating financial sector operations, and overseeing the acquisition and integration of Wachovia's custody and trust operations.
She entered government as a White House Fellow in 2007, working for the Secretary of Defense and then served as Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Navy.
Neuberger joined the
National Security Agency
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(NSA) in 2009
where she has held key leadership positions such as leading NSA's cybersecurity mission, including emerging technology areas like quantum-resistant cryptography.
Previously, she co-led NSA and USCC's election security effort and led NSA's intelligence operations, leading an organization of over 20,000 people globally.
Neuberger also served as Director of NSA's Commercial Solutions Center and served as NSA's first Chief Risk Officer, building NSA's enterprise risk management program.
In 2017, she was awarded a Presidential Rank Award.
In 2019, General Nakasone formed the NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate and named Neuberger as the first Director of Cybersecurity.
The directorate focuses on "preventing and eradicating" cyber threats from countries such as
Russia
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,
China
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,
Iran
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, and
North Korea
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.
In 2020, she was awarded the DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award and NSA's Distinguished Service Medal, DOD's and NSA's highest civilian awards.
Neuberger left her role as NSA's Director of Cybersecurity in April 2021 after becoming President
Joe Biden's Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology and joining the
National Security Council
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.
Personal life
Neuberger's grandparents are
Holocaust
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survivors,
and her parents were among the passengers on the hijacked
Air France
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flight in 1976, rescued by Israeli commandos in
Operation Thunderbolt from
Uganda's Entebbe Airport.
Neuberger is also the founder of a nonprofit organization, Sister to Sister, that serves single Jewish mothers across the United States.
She serves on the board of Bridging Voice and
JDC
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* American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, a worldwide relief organization
* Jeju Free International City Development Center
* John Deere Classic, a PGA Tour golf tournament
* John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), American myster ...
.
References
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American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
1976 births
Living people
National Security Agency people
American Hasidim
Satmar Hasidim
American Orthodox Jews
White House Fellows
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni
United States Deputy National Security Advisors