The acting assistant director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s National Risk Management Center has been appointed assistant director.
Mona Harrington was deputy assistant director for the center starting in February 2022 and has been acting assistant director since March, a news release said.
“I am thrilled to have Mona Harrington at the helm of our National Risk Management Center,” CISA Director Jen Easterly said in the release. “Her extensive experience in cybersecurity, election security and risk management make her the ideal executive to lead the NRMC as it evolves to meet the threats of today and tomorrow. The cyber and physical risks facing our nation’s critical infrastructure are vast and complex; NRMC’s work is essential to ensuring our collective resources are having the greatest impact on security and resilience.”
Harrington has a master’s degree in cyber and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare from the College of Applied Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, the release said. She was executive director and chief information and security officer at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. She also spent 17 years in cybersecurity and information technology leadership roles in the judiciary.
“It’s an honor to be leading the NRMC at such an exciting time,” Harrington said in the release. “Our analysis and insights drive visibility into infrastructure risks that benefit both the private and public sectors, enabling prioritized and coordinated risk mitigation planning. I’m excited to work with the great NRMC team and our partners across government and industry to drive down risk to our critical infrastructure.”
