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The CISA was founded in 2018 as a U.S. federal government agency dedicated to capacity-building for defending against [[DNS Abuse|Cyber attacks]] and providing [[Cybersecurity]] tools, incident response services and assessing the capacity to safeguard the [[.gov]] networks that support critical infrastructure. The agency collaborates with private and public sectors to deliver technical assistance and assessments. The CISA is also focused on ensuring public safety and emergency interoperable communications at all levels of government. | The CISA was founded in 2018 as a U.S. federal government agency dedicated to capacity-building for defending against [[DNS Abuse|Cyber attacks]] and providing [[Cybersecurity]] tools, incident response services and assessing the capacity to safeguard the [[.gov]] networks that support critical infrastructure. The agency collaborates with private and public sectors to deliver technical assistance and assessments. The CISA is also focused on ensuring public safety and emergency interoperable communications at all levels of government. | ||
==Leadership== | |||
* Director: [[Jen Easterly]] | |||
* Deputy Director: [[Nitin Natarajan]] | |||
* Executive Director: [[Brandon Wales]] | |||
* Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity: [[Eric Goldstein]] | |||
* Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security: [[David Mussington]]<ref>[https://www.cisa.gov/leadership Leadership, CISA]</ref> | |||
==NRMC== | ==NRMC== | ||
The National Risk Management Center (NRMC), which is housed within the CISA, is a planning, analysis, and collaboration | The National Risk Management Center (NRMC), which is housed within the CISA, is a center for planning, analysis, and collaboration toward identifying, prioritizing, and addressing risks to critical infrastructure. The Assistant Director of the NRMC is [[Bob Kolasky]]. | ||
==Critical Infrastructure== | ==Critical Infrastructure== | ||