Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director	1
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency canonical	1
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs Directorate	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T721359 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Context triple: [Public Law 115-278, assignsHeadTitle, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]

A. Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
The Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security is the senior official responsible for overseeing and integrating intelligence activities across DHS to support national security and homeland protection efforts.
B. National Counterterrorism Center Director
The National Counterterrorism Center Director is the senior U.S. official responsible for leading and coordinating national counterterrorism intelligence and strategy across federal agencies.
C. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
The Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. intelligence community, responsible for assisting the Director of National Intelligence in overseeing and coordinating all national intelligence activities.
D. United States Secretary of Homeland Security
The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the Department of Homeland Security, responsible for coordinating national efforts to prevent and respond to terrorism, natural disasters, and other domestic threats.
E. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security is the senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing and integrating defense intelligence, counterintelligence, and security activities across the military and defense agencies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Target entity description: The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is the top federal official responsible for leading U.S. efforts to protect critical infrastructure and enhance national cybersecurity resilience.

A. Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
The Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security is the senior official responsible for overseeing and integrating intelligence activities across DHS to support national security and homeland protection efforts.
B. National Counterterrorism Center Director
The National Counterterrorism Center Director is the senior U.S. official responsible for leading and coordinating national counterterrorism intelligence and strategy across federal agencies.
C. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
The Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. intelligence community, responsible for assisting the Director of National Intelligence in overseeing and coordinating all national intelligence activities.
D. United States Secretary of Homeland Security
The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the Department of Homeland Security, responsible for coordinating national efforts to prevent and respond to terrorism, natural disasters, and other domestic threats.
E. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security is the senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing and integrating defense intelligence, counterintelligence, and security activities across the military and defense agencies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive branch position ⓘ federal government position ⓘ leadership role ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	implementation of national policies for cybersecurity of critical infrastructure ⓘ operations of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ
inception	2018 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
officeHolder	Jen Easterly ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	2021 ⓘ
partOf	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
precededBy	Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ linked to: Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
reportsTo	Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ linked to: United States Secretary of Homeland Security
responsibleFor	advising senior U.S. government officials on cybersecurity and infrastructure security risks ⓘ coordinating cybersecurity efforts across federal civilian agencies ⓘ coordinating with international partners on cybersecurity and infrastructure security issues ⓘ coordinating with the private sector on cyber threat information sharing ⓘ developing and promoting cybersecurity training and awareness programs ⓘ developing national cybersecurity risk management strategies for critical infrastructure ⓘ enhancing national cybersecurity resilience ⓘ leading response to significant cyber incidents affecting U.S. critical infrastructure ⓘ overseeing cybersecurity information sharing with critical infrastructure partners ⓘ overseeing efforts to protect industrial control systems and operational technology ⓘ overseeing national efforts to mitigate cyber risks to elections infrastructure ⓘ overseeing national efforts to secure critical infrastructure sectors ⓘ overseeing programs to secure federal civilian executive branch networks ⓘ protecting U.S. critical infrastructure from cyber threats ⓘ providing cybersecurity guidance and best practices to public and private entities ⓘ supporting cybersecurity of private sector critical infrastructure owners and operators ⓘ supporting cybersecurity of state and local governments ⓘ supporting incident response and recovery for cyber attacks on critical infrastructure ⓘ
sectoralScope	communications sector ⓘ critical manufacturing sector ⓘ emergency services sector ⓘ energy sector ⓘ financial services sector ⓘ government facilities sector ⓘ healthcare and public health sector ⓘ information technology sector ⓘ other U.S. critical infrastructure sectors as defined by federal policy ⓘ transportation systems sector ⓘ water and wastewater systems sector ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Law 115-278 → assignsHeadTitle → Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ⓘ

National Cybersecurity Protection System → administeredBy → Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director ⓘ

linked to: Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → precededBy → Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs Directorate ⓘ