Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Who is Chris Krebs? What is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency?

Until recently, Krebs directed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and got into trouble with Trump for saying the elections were clean.

- Here's his Wikipedia entry

Career: 

- focus on cybersecurity and risk management issues.
- Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Infrastructure Protection
- Director for Cybersecurity Policy for Microsoft.
- March 2017, he became Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
- August 2017, he was appointed Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection
- June 15, 2018, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs
- November 2018, became director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

- Here is the entry on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Formed in 2007, the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) was a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security. NPPD's goal was to advance the Department's national security mission by reducing and eliminating threats to U.S. critical physical and cyber infrastructure.

On November 16, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, which elevated the mission of the former NPPD within DHS, establishing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). CISA is a successor agency to NPPD, and assists both other government agencies and private sector organizations in addressing cybersecurity issues.