The director of national intelligence (DNI) is a senior cabinet-level United States government official,required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to serve as executive head of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) and to direct and oversee the National Intelligence Program (NIP). All 18 IC agencies,including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA),report directly to the DNI.
J. Michael "Mike" McConnell is a former vice admiral in the United States Navy. He served as Director of the National Security Agency from 1992 to 1996 and as the United States Director of National Intelligence from February 2007 to January 2009 during the Bush administration and first week of the Obama administration. As of January 2024,he is the Vice Chairman at Booz Allen Hamilton.
The United Kingdom's Strategic Command (StratCom),previously known as Joint Forces Command (JFC),manages allocated joint capabilities from the three armed services.
Dr. Dale W. Meyerrose, Major General (Retired) was the first President-appointed,Senate-confirmed Associate Director of National Intelligence/Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Sharing Executive for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
The United States government's Information Sharing and Customer Outreach office or ISCO was one of five directorates within the office of the chief information officer (CIO) under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). ISCO changed its name and function to Information Technology Policy,Plans,and Requirements (ITPR) in July 2007. Established by at least February 2006,ISCO is led by the Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence for Information Sharing and Customer Outreach,which is currently Mr. Richard A. Russell. ISCO's information sharing and customer outreach responsibilities extend beyond the United States Intelligence Community and cross the entire U.S. government.
Les Ottolenghi was the Executive Vice President &Chief Information Officer for Caesars Entertainment Corporation,a role he assumed in January 2016. Ottolenghi was previously the Chief Information Officer at Las Vegas Sands Corporation. He is currently working as CITO at Stride,Inc.
The federal Chief Information Officer of the United States,also known as the United States Chief Information Officer,is the administrator of the Office of Electronic Government,or the Office of the Federal CIO (OFCIO),which is part of the Office of Management and Budget. The President appoints the Federal CIO. The appointee does not require Senate confirmation. It was created by the E-Government Act of 2002.
Priscilla Guthrie joined the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as the Intelligence Community (IC) Chief Information Officer on May 26,2009. She was previously Director of the Information Technology and Systems Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses,a non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers to provide objective analyses of national security issues. From 2001 to 2006,she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Department of Defense,where she was responsible for information support to deployed forces. Prior to her position at the Pentagon,Ms. Guthrie was a Vice President of TRW Inc.,where she established and led a small,global unit responsible for driving new IT technology into the company's business. She also served in several other positions at TRW,Inc. during her career. Ms. Guthrie holds a B.S. from Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from Marymount College.
In the United States the Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer is charged with directing and managing activities relating to information technology for the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The IC CIO reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). As of January 24,2022,Dr. Adele Merritt has assumed duties as the IC Chief Information Officer.
Letitia A. Long served as a civilian in the U.S. Navy and the Intelligence Community between 1978 and 2014,retiring as the fifth Director the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,and the first woman to lead a major U.S. intelligence agency,in October 2014. She currently is the Chairman of the Board for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA).
Michael S. Rogers is a retired four-star admiral of the United States Navy. Rogers served as the second commander of the United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) from April 2014 to May 2018 while concurrently serving as the 17th director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and as chief of the Central Security Service (CSS). During his tenure,he helped transform and elevate U.S. Cyber Command into a unified combatant command. Rogers relinquished command to General Paul M. Nakasone on May 4,2018 and retired from the Navy a few weeks later on June 1,2018.
The Office of Personnel Management data breach was a 2015 data breach targeting Standard Form 86 (SF-86) U.S. government security clearance records retained by the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). One of the largest breaches of government data in U.S. history,the attack was carried out by an advanced persistent threat based in China,widely believed to be the Jiangsu State Security Department,a subsidiary of the Government of China's Ministry of State Security spy agency.
Brigadier GeneralGregory (Greg) J. Touhill is Director of the world renowned Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute’s CERT Division. Previously,he was the president of AppGate Federal Group . He was previously appointed by President Barack Obama as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States,stepping down in January,2017. He was previously the Deputy Assistant Secretary,Office of Cybersecurity and Communications,National Programs and Protection Directorate,Department of Homeland Security. While at DHS he concurrently served as Director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) during 2014–2015.
Susan M. Gordon served as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence until August 15,2019. Prior to assuming that role,she was the Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA),having assumed the position on January 1,2015. Before joining the NGA,she served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency's Information Operations Center and senior cyber adviser to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Gordon worked for the CIA for over 25 years.
Phyllis Schneck is an American executive and cybersecurity professional. As of May 2017,she became the managing director at Promontory Financial Group. Schneck served in the Obama administration as Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD),at the Department of Homeland Security.
Rachel Noble is the Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate. She was appointed to the position in February 2020 and is the first woman to hold the position.
Jen Easterly is an American intelligence officer and former military official who is serving as the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration. She was confirmed by a voice vote in the Senate on July 12,2021.
Beth Anne Killoran is an American information technology executive and civil servant. She is the deputy chief information officer (CIO) of the General Services Administration. Killoran was previously the CIO of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
A chief AI officer (CAIO),also known as chief artificial intelligence officer,is a senior executive position responsible for an organization's artificial intelligence strategy,implementation,and governance. This business role emerged from the rapidly increasing deployment of AI technologies in business operations,education,and government.
Eric Mill is an American government technology executive and expert in cybersecurity. He currently serves in the Biden Administration at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) as the executive director for Cloud Strategy in GSA's Technology Transformation Services. Previously,he served as a senior advisor to the Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States,within the Office of Management and Budget.
