Join PSC for a roundtable discussion with Mark Kneidinger, Deputy Director of the DHS National Risk Management Center, on cyber supply chain security, emerging threats and what recent interagency changes mean for the technology and professional services markets.

The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), government agencies and operators of critical infrastructure depend on vendors and integrators of IT solutions to accomplish their missions, which makes the global IT supply chain a source of cyber risk. The DHS National Risk Management Center provides a single point of access where government and the private sector can collaborate across sectors to develop plans and solutions for reducing cyber and other systemic risks to national and economic security. The Center leads a series of activities to help create the frameworks by which government and industry collectively manage risk and initiates specific cross-sector activities to address known threats. 

This roundtable discussion offers an opportunity to share your perspectives as industry partners and get an update on the latest efforts to improve cyber supply chain security across the federal government. 

About the speaker:
Mark Kneidinger is the Deputy Director of the DHS National Risk Management Center (NRMC), within the National Protection & Programs Directorate. The NRMC is an organization working in collaboration with industry that generates solutions to reduce cyber and physical strategic risk to the Nation’s critical infrastructure. Prior to this role Mr. Kneidinger had been the Director of the Federal Network Resilience (FNR) Division, within the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity & Communications (CS&C). In this position, Mr. Kneidinger led FNR’s activity in representing and supporting implementation of CS&C Cyber Programs to all Executive Branch Departments & Agencies in collaboration with OMB, NSC, the CIO Council and individual agency CIOs and CISOs. Prior to joining DHS, Mr. Kneidinger held IT Executive leadership positions in the commercial sector of Fortune 100 Corporations, including roles as CTO, Vice President and Managing Partner. Mr. Kneidinger has further held Chief Information Officer (CIO) positions in New York and Virginia as well as served as a White House appointee in the position of Deputy Assistant Administrator and CIO for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).