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vate sector positions spanning over 30 years .

Nitin Natarajan

• Excellence in Homeland Security

Nitin Natarajan was appointed to serve as the Deputy Director for CISA on February 16 , 2021 .

Before joining CISA , Natarajan served in various public and pri-

Nitin Natarajanm Deputy Director , CISA

Most recently , he served as an ex- ecutive at consulting firms pro- viding subject matter expertise on a number of topics , including IT , cybersecurity , homeland , and national security , critical infrastructure protection , envi- ronmental emergency manage- ment , continuity of operations , and health security matters .

Natarajan also held several fed- eral government roles , including serving as the Deputy Assistant

Administrator for the Office of Land and

Emergency Management ent at the U . S . Environmental Protection Agency , the Director of Crit- ical

Infrastructure Policy at the White House / National Se- curity Council , and the Director r at the

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