Matthew Travis
Matthew Travis | |
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| Deputy Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | |
| In office November 16, 2018 – November 17, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Nitin Natarajan[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 years old Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Education | University of Notre Dame Georgetown University |
Matthew Travis is a businessman and former American government official.[2] He served as the Deputy Director for the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).[3] Travis served as Deputy Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)[4][5] before the agency became CISA on November 16, 2018.[6]
Career[edit]
Travis graduated from the University of Notre Dame and joined the U.S. Navy in 1991 as an active duty officer.[7] Travis served aboard the guided-missile frigate U.S.S. CARR (FFG 52) as the Engineering Auxiliaries Officer as well as the maritime interdiction boarding officer in the Northern Red Sea following Operation Desert Storm.[7]
Upon leaving military service in 1998, Travis began a career in government consulting.[2] He built the Homeland Security team at DFI before its merger with Detica and following the firm's acquisition by BAE Systems.[8][9] In 2010, Travis co-founded Obsidian Analysis,[10] a homeland security consulting firm, which was acquired by Cadmus in 2016.[11]
Travis joined the Trump Administration as Deputy Under Secretary for DHS' NPPD in March 2018.[6] In November 2018, Congress passed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, creating CISA as a component of DHS and elevating NPPD into CISA.[12] Travis served as the Deputy Director of that new agency,[13] until the White House pressured him to resign on November 17, 2020.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "NITIN NATARAJAN". Department of Homeland Security. February 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Johnson, By Derek B. (March 20, 2018). "NPPD taps vendor for No. 2 role". FCW. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ Miller, Maggie (2020-12-10). "Top election security official to leave federal cybersecurity agency". TheHill. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ^ Heckman, Jory (2018-08-29). "NPPD builds on reorg momentum in renewed pitch for name change". Federal News Network. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ "DHS Official: NRMC Is 'Long Game' in U.S. Cyber Defense – MeriTalk". Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ a b "Matthew Travis". Department of Homeland Security. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ a b "Norwich University to host cybersecurity summit - VTDigger". vtdigger.org. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ Hubler, David (2007-02-05). "DFI, Detica merge". FCW. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ "Our History". BAE Systems | Cyber Security & Intelligence. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ "Cadmus Completes Deal to Acquire Obsidian Analysis". Cadmus. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ "Obsidian Analysis, Acquired by The Cadmus Group LLC on February 4th, 2016 | Mergr". mergr.com. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ Rockwell, Mark (2018-10-19). "DHS official: 'We're not Consumer Reports'". FCW. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ Rockwell, Mark (2018-12-20). "Standing up CISA". FCW. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ Cyber agency tells employees not to ‘lose focus’ after Trump fires director, Politico 2020-11-18