Christopher Krebs is a founding partner of the Krebs Stamos Group, and previously served as the first director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), where he oversaw apolitical and bipartisan efforts to protect the nation’s businesses and government agencies, bringing together partners to collectively defend against cyber and physical threats. Mr. Krebs led the charge to secure and defend the integrity of the 2020 Presidential election by implementing groundbreaking collaboration measures among federal, state and local government and the private sector. At CISA, Mr. Krebs also pioneered the Rumor Control program, which was designed to counter disinformation campaigns.

Before serving as CISA Director, Mr. Krebs served in various roles at the Department of Homeland Security, responsible for a range of cybersecurity, critical infrastructure and national resilience issues. Prior to his time at DHS, he directed U.S. cybersecurity policy for Microsoft, and advised industry and government clients on complex cybersecurity and business risk matters, while serving at positions with Obsidian Analysis and Dutko Consulting. He also served in the George W. Bush Administration, advising DHS leadership on domestic and international risk management and public-private partnership initiatives.

Mr. Krebs holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.