Matt McCann is the Region 1 Director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Region 1 is headquartered in Boston and serves the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Mr. McCann concurrently is the acting Regional Director for CISA Region 5 headquartered in Chicago that serves the Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. CISA is the Nation’s risk advisor, working with partners to defend against today’s digital and physical threats and collaborating to build more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future.
Through leadership of field-based resources and capabilities, Regional Directors guide CISA’s numerous programs. As a DHS/CISA senior executive, Mr. McCann is accountable for the execution of programs to defend critical infrastructure against the threats of today, while coordinating and collaborating with partners across government and the private sector, to secure against evolving threats of tomorrow. Mr. McCann is also responsible for directing incident management activities as they relate to critical infrastructure restoration and resilience.
Before his CISA tenure, Mr. McCann was the Region 1 Director for the DHS’ National Protection and Programs Directorate. Previously he was the Deputy Director, Preparedness Division for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Region 1. Prior to this role, he was an Assistant Director at the Department of State’s flagship National Passport Center. Mr. McCann served 27 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, retiring as a Captain (O6). During his military service, Mr. McCann responded to many major contingencies included the 9/11 Attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and Deepwater Horizon. Early in his career, Mr. McCann worked in operations management in the chemical and airfreight industries.
Mr. McCann earned a BA from Norwich University and an MPA from the University of New Hampshire. He is an alumnus of Harvard University’s NPLI Executive Education Program, the GS Graduate School’s Executive Potential Program, and completed Joint Professional Military Education studies through three war colleges. Mr. McCann is accredited as an ASIS Certified Protection Professional, IAEM Certified Emergency Manager, and USCG NIMS Type I Incident Commander.
