| Post: | Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency |
| Flag: | CISA Logo.png |
| Flagborder: | no |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Insigniaborder: | yes |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Inaugural: | Chris Krebs |
| Acting: | no |
| Incumbent: | Jen Easterly |
| Incumbentsince: | July 13, 2021 |
| Deputy: | Nitin Natarajan[1] |
| Formation: | 2018 |
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.
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 terrorism and natural disasters to the Nation's physical, cyber and communications infrastructure.
The Director is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. As of January 2022, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $187,300.
| Image | Name | Took office | Left office | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs | |||||
| 1 | Suzanne Spaulding | October 2011 | January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama | |
| David Hess | January 20, 2017 | June 2017 | Donald Trump | ||
| Jeanette Manfra | June 2017 | August 28, 2017 | |||
| 2 | Chris Krebs | August 28, 2017 | November 15, 2018 | ||
| Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | |||||
| 1 | Chris Krebs | November 16, 2018 | November 17, 2020 | Donald Trump | |
| - | Brandon Wales | November 18, 2020 | July 13, 2021 | Donald Trump | |
| Joe Biden | |||||
| 2 | Jen Easterly | July 13, 2021 | Incumbent | ||
Officials reporting to the Director of the CISA include: