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	Nitin Natarajan[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.