2017 INSS: Intelligence & National Security Summit

Mark Kneidinger
Deputy Director, National Risk Management Center
DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency


Mark Kneidinger is the Deputy Director of the DHS National Risk Management Center (NRMC), within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The NRMC is an organization working in collaboration with industry that generates solutions to reduce cyber and physical strategic risk to the Nation’s critical infrastructure. Prior to this role Mr. Kneidinger had been the Director of the Federal Network Resilience (FNR) Division, within CISA’s Office of Cybersecurity & Communications (CS&C). In this position, Mr. Kneidinger led FNR’s activity in representing and supporting implementation of CS&C Cyber Programs to all Executive Branch Departments & Agencies in collaboration with OMB, NSC, the CIO Council and individual agency CIOs and CISOs. Prior to joining DHS, Mr. Kneidinger held IT Executive leadership positions in the commercial sector of Fortune 100 Corporations, including roles as CTO, Vice President and Managing Partner. Mr. Kneidinger has further held Chief Information Officer (CIO) positions in New York and Virginia as well as served as a White House appointee in the position of Deputy Assistant Administrator and CIO for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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