The Central Security Service (CSS) is a combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense which was established in 1972 to integrate the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Service Cryptologic Components (SCC) of the United States Armed Forces in the field of signals intelligence,cryptology,and information assurance at the tactical level. In 2002,the CSS had approximately 25,000 uniformed members. It is part of the United States Intelligence Community.
Laurence Hugh Frost was a rear admiral in the United States Navy who served as Director of Naval Intelligence and Director of the National Security Agency.
Keith Brian Alexander is a retired four-star general of the United States Army,who served as director of the National Security Agency,chief of the Central Security Service,and commander of the United States Cyber Command. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff,G-2 (Intelligence),United States Army from 2003 to 2005. He assumed the positions of Director of the National Security Agency and Chief of the Central Security Service on August 1,2005,and the additional duties as Commander United States Cyber Command on May 21,2010.
Dennis Cutler Blair is the former United States Director of National Intelligence and a retired United States Navy admiral who was the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region. Blair was a career officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the White House during the presidencies of both Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Blair retired from the Navy in 2002 as an Admiral. In 2009,Blair was selected as President Barack Obama’s first Director of National Intelligence,but after a series of bureaucratic battles,he resigned on May 20,2010.
Michael Vincent Hayden is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former Director of the National Security Agency,Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence,and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He also serves as a professor at the George Mason University –Schar School of Policy and Government. Hayden currently co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Electric Grid Cyber Security Initiative. In 2017,Hayden became a national security analyst for CNN.
The Director of the National Security Agency (DIRNSA) is the highest-ranking official of the National Security Agency,which is a defense agency within the U.S. Department of Defense. The director of the NSA also concurrently serves as the Chief of the Central Security Service (CHCSS) and as the commander of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). As the director of the NSA and the chief of the CSC,the officeholder reports to the under secretary of defense for intelligence,and as the commander of U.S. Cyber Command,the officeholder reports directly to the secretary of defense.
Harry Binkley Harris Jr. is a retired Japanese-born American diplomat and retired U.S. Navy officer. He was the first American of Japanese descent to lead US Pacific Command in the U.S. Navy and was the highest-ranking American of Japanese descent in the U.S. Navy during his time as commander.
The structure of the United States Navy consists of four main bodies:the Office of the Secretary of the Navy,the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations,the operating forces,and the Shore Establishment.
Joseph Devereux Kernan is a retired United States Navy vice admiral and the former under secretary of defense for intelligence. His last military assignment was serving as the military deputy commander of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM),Miami,Florida,from May 23,2011,to September 2013. He was the second-in-command of one of nine unified commands under the Department of Defense.
The U.S. Tenth Fleet is a functional formation and a numbered fleet in the United States Navy. It was first created as an anti-submarine warfare coordinating organization during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. It was reactivated as a force provider for Fleet Cyber Command on 29 January 2010. U.S. Tenth Fleet serves as the numbered fleet for U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and exercises operational control of assigned naval forces to coordinate with other naval,coalition and Joint Task Forces to execute the full spectrum of cyber,electronic warfare,information operations,and signal intelligence capabilities and missions across the cyber,electromagnetic,and space domains.
David John "Jack" Dorsett is a corporate vice president for cyber and C4 at Northrop Grumman,and a retired vice admiral of the U.S. Navy. He was the first Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance and 63rd Director of Naval Intelligence. He served as the Director of Intelligence,Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2005 to 2008 prior to assuming his position on the Chief of Naval Operations staff.
United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations,strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities,and integrates and bolsters DoD's cyber expertise which focus on securing cyberspace.
Earl Everett Stone was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He is most noted for being the first director of the Armed Forces Security Agency,the predecessor to the National Security Agency.
The U.S. Fleet Cyber Command is an operating force of the United States Navy responsible for the Navy's information network operations,offensive and defensive cyber operations,space operations and signals intelligence. It was created in January 2010 "to deter and defeat aggression and to ensure freedom of action to achieve military objectives in and through cyberspace". U.S. Tenth Fleet was simultaneously reactivated as its force provider. Since it was founded,the command has grown into an operational force composed of more than 16,000 active and reserve sailors and civilians organized into 27 active commands,40 Cyber Mission Force units,and 27 reserve commands around the world.
Jan Elizabeth Tighe is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and 66th Director of Naval Intelligence from July 15,2016 to July 2018. Prior to that,Tighe served as the Commander of the Tenth Fleet and Fleet Cyber Command. She became an independent director of Goldman Sachs in December 2018.
David J. Weinstein is an American cybersecurity executive and the former Chief Technology Officer of New Jersey. He previously served at U.S. Cyber Command.
Paul Miki Nakasone is a four-star general in the United States Army who serves as the commander of United States Cyber Command. He serves concurrently as the director of the National Security Agency and as chief of the Central Security Service. Nakasone took command of the United States Second Army and Army Cyber Command in October 2016,until the Second Army's inactivation in March 2017. In May 2018,he became head of the National Security Agency,the Central Security Service and the United States Cyber Command.
William Charles Mayville Jr. is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as Deputy Commander,United States Cyber Command. After his military retirement,Mayville joined Korn Ferry consulting firm.
This is a list of all commanders,deputy commanders,senior enlisted leaders,and chiefs of staff of the United States Cyber Command.
Talon Cyber Security is an Israel-based provider of cybersecurity technologies with headquarters in Tel Aviv. It develops a secure browser engineered to provide enterprise-grade security across all devices,irrespective of location,device type,or operating system.
