Phil Reitinger

Phil Reitinger was the Deputy Under Secretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) and Director of the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) at the United States Department of Homeland Security. Reitinger leads the Department’s integrated efforts to reduce risks across physical and cyber infrastructures and helping secure federal networks and systems by collecting, analyzing, integrating and sharing information among interagency partners.[1]

Prior to his nomination, Reitinger was an executive with Microsoft with the title of Chief Trustworthy Infrastructure Strategist, or CTIS.[2] Prior to joining Microsoft, Reitinger was the Executive Director for the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center.

On September 6, 2011, Reitinger joined Sony as its Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer.

Notes

  1. DHS (June 1, 2009). "MSecretary Napolitano Announces Key Cybersecurity Personnel" (Press release). US DHS. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  2. Krebs, Brian (March 11, 2009). "Microsoft Executive Tapped For Top DHS Cyber Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-06-22.