Chris Inglis

{{Short description|American government official (born 1954)}}

{{Like resume|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Chris Inglis

| image = Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director.jpg

| office = United States National Cyber Director

| term_start = July 11, 2021

| term_end = February 15, 2023

| president = Joe Biden

| predecessor = Position established

| successor = Kemba Walden (acting)

| office1 = 17th Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

| president1 = George W. Bush
Barack Obama

| term_start1 = 2006

| term_end1 = 2014

| predecessor1 = William B. Black Jr.

| successor1 = Richard Ledgett

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|10|29}}

| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = United States Air Force Academy (BS)
Johns Hopkins University (MS)
Columbia University (MS)

| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

| branch = {{air force|USA}}

| serviceyears = 1976–2006

| rank = 24px Brigadier General

| unit = 24px U.S. Air National Guard
{{flagicon image|Flag of the U.S. National Security Agency.svg}} National Security Agency

| commands = Chief of Staff of the Maryland Air National Guard

}}

John Chris Inglis (born October 29, 1954), generally known as Chris Inglis,{{cite book|last1=Harding|first1=Luke|title=The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man|date=2014|publisher=Vintage Books|location=New York|isbn=9780804173520|oclc=870337274|page=[https://archive.org/details/snowdenfilesinsi0000hard/page/128 128]|quote=Also patched in was Chris Inglis, the NSA's deputy director.|url=https://archive.org/details/snowdenfilesinsi0000hard/page/128}} is an American government official who served as the first National Cyber Director. Inglis is also a former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency.{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=Siobhan |title=Second-ranking NSA official forced out of job by director |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=31 May 2006 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-05-31-0605310010-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108061350/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-05-31-0605310010-story.html |archive-date=8 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/09/261079074/nsa-says-it-would-welcome-public-advocate-at-fisa-court|title=NSA Says It Would Welcome Public Advocate At FISA Court|website=NPR|publisher=}} On April 12, 2021 President Joe Biden nominated Inglis to serve as the first National Cyber Director.{{Cite news|last=Nakashima|first=Ellen|title=Biden administration plans to name former senior NSA officials to White House cyber position and head of CISA|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/former-senior-nsa-officials-named-to-white-house-cyber-position-and-head-of-dhs-cyber-agency/2021/04/11/b9d408cc-9b2d-11eb-8005-bffc3a39f6d3_story.html|access-date=2021-04-12|issn=0190-8286}} His nomination was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote on June 17, 2021. He was sworn into office on July 11, 2021.{{Cite web|title=U.S. Cyber Chief in Limbo During REVil Attacks Set to Start Work|url=https://about.bgov.com/news/u-s-cyber-chief-in-limbo-during-revil-attacks-set-to-start-work/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Bloomberg Government|date=9 July 2021 |language=en-US}} He resigned from the position on February 15, 2023.{{Cite web|title=Inglis to step down next week from post as nation's first national cyber director|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/08/chris-inglis-national-cyber-director-step-down-00081936|access-date=2023-02-21|website=Politico|date=8 February 2023 |language=en-US}}

Early life and education

Inglis was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 29 October 1954. He graduated from Andover High School, Linthicum in 1972. Inglis is a Distinguished Eagle Scout.{{cite web|year=2009|url=http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?orgkey=2271&itemkey=2102|title=2009 Gathering of Eagles Event Recap|accessdate=December 4, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

After high school, Inglis attended the United States Air Force Academy, graduating in 1976 as a Distinguished Graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Mechanics.

Inglis' training includes undergraduate and Instructor Pilot Training, and he also attended the Air War College where he was designated Outstanding Graduate.

Career

=Assignments=

  • 2015– – Robert and Mary M. Looker Professor in Cyber Security Studies, United States Naval Academy{{cite web|url=http://www.usna.edu/CyberCenter/People/index.php|title=People|website=www.usna.edu}}
  • 2006–2014 – Deputy Director of the National Security Agency
  • 2003–2006 – Special United States Liaison Officer – London
  • 2001–2003 – Signals Intelligence Deputy Director for Analysis and Production
  • 1999–2001 – Chief, Office of China and Korea, Operations Directorate
  • 1998–1999 – Deputy Chief, Office of China and Korea, Operations Directorate
  • 1997 – Promoted to the Senior Executive Service
  • 1996–1997 – Senior Operations Officer, National Security Operations Center
  • 1995–1996 – Deputy Chief, NSA Office of Encryption Policy
  • 1992–1995 – Participant in Senior Cryptologic Executive Development Program Management and staff tours in the Directorates of Operations, Information Systems Security and Plans and Programs.
  • 1991–1992 – Visiting Professor, [https://www.westpoint.edu/academics/academic-departments/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science], U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY
  • 1986–1991 – Information Security Analyst and Manager up through division level within NSA's Information Systems Security Directorate.
  • 1983–1986 – Mechanical Engineering professor at US Naval Academy

=Significant awards=

=External assignments=

  • 1985–2006 – Brigadier General in the Air National Guard and qualified as a command pilot. Has commanded at Flight, Squadron, Group and Joint Force Headquarters.
  • 1976–1985 – U.S. Air Force officer and pilot. Inglis served as a Brigadier General in the Air National Guard and was qualified as a command pilot in the C-130J and served as the commander 135th Airlift Group – the first USAF unit equipped with the C-130J.

Before his approval to become National Cyber Director, Inglis worked for WestExec Advisors. A 2021 investigation by The American Prospect found that Inglis "earned $15,000 from the firm and worked for internet security outfit CrowdStrike and email encryption company Virtru."{{Cite web|url=https://prospect.org/power/meet-the-consulting-firm-staffing-biden-administration-westexec/|title = Meet the Consulting Firm That's Staffing the Biden Administration|date = 6 July 2021}}

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