Mona Harrington

Mona Harrington is a cybersecurity and risk management executive with over two decades of federal government experience. As Assistant Director of CISA's National Risk Management Center (NRMC) since September 2022, she spearheads efforts to safeguard critical infrastructure against cyber and physical threats. Harrington's leadership has enhanced the NRMC's analytic capabilities, fostering improved information sharing and risk management between government and industry.

She spearheads several of CISA’s pivotal strategic initiatives including election security, emerging technologies, and supply chain resilience. Additionally, she serves in several key positions on behalf of CISA, including as the co-chair for both the Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force and the Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Subcommittee. She also serves as a member of the Election Infrastructure Subsector Government Coordinating Council Executive Committee.

Harrington's career includes 17 years in executive IT and cybersecurity roles within the Judiciary. She holds a Master of Science in Applied Sciences from the Rochester Institute of Technology, in Cyber Security and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear warfare.