Brian M. Harrell

Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Brian Harrell was appointed by the President of the United States in December 2018 to serve as the Department of Homeland Security's Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection. He now serves as the first Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security within the newly renamed Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Harrell is the former Managing Director of Enterprise Security at the Duke Energy Corporation. He is also the former Director of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) and Director of Critical Infrastructure Protection Programs at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), where he was charged with helping protect North America's electric grid from physical and cyber attacks. Harrell has spent time during his career in the US Marine Corps and various private sector agencies with the goal of protecting the United States from security threats.

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The Challenges of Securing Critical Infrastructure in the Private Sector

Brian M. Harrell - U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency • •

Strong, reliable infrastructure is key to the nation's high standard of living, security, and strong economy. This includes systems like water and power, financial transactions, telecommunications, and so on. In short, critical infrastructure security and resilience is an integral to all of the systems that make our...

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We've Been Breached: Now What? How to Effectively Work with Law Enforcement and Regulators

Brian M. Harrell - U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jay Kramer - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, David Pollino - Bank of the West (BNP Paribas), Lisa Sotto - Hunton & Williams • •

Too many organizations continue to address breach response from a reactive mode - having a crude disaster-recovery plan in place in case something "does" happen, rather than accepting that something "will" happen and proactively preparing for it. In this session, a panel of legal, technical and law-enforcement experts...

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The Challenges of Securing Critical Infrastructure in the Private Sector

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Brian M. Harrell - U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency • •

Critical infrastructure protection is an integral part of cyberspace and these assets play a vital role in supporting many of our daily activities, including water and power usage, financial transactions, telecommunications, and so on. Today, the reliability, high performance, continuous operation, and protection of...

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