The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is a high level civilian official in the

United States Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the Federal government of the United States, U.S. United States federal executive departments, federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the I ...

. The Director, as head of

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that is responsible for strengthening cybersecurity and infrastructure protection across all levels of government, ...

at DHS, is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the

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and the

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for all DHS programs designed to reduce the nation's risk to

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and

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. The Director is appointed from civilian life by the

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with the consent of the

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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

and

to the Nation's physical, cyber and communications infrastructure. The Director is a Level III position within the

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. As of January 2022, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $187,300.

Directors

Reporting officials

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

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