Suzanne Spaulding is senior adviser for homeland security and director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She also serves as a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. Previously, she served as undersecretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she led the National Protection and Programs Directorate, now called the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), managing a $3 billion budget and a workforce of 18,000 that is charged with strengthening cybersecurity and protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure, including election infrastructure. Ms. Spaulding has worked in the executive branch in Republican and Democratic administrations and on both sides of the aisle in Congress. She was general counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and minority staff director for the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She also spent six years at the Central Intelligence Agency, where she was assistant general counsel and the legal adviser to the director’s Nonproliferation Center. She was executive director of two congressionally created commissions, on weapons of mass destruction and on terrorism. Following the attacks of 9/11, Ms. Spaulding worked with key critical infrastructure sectors as they reviewed their security posture and advised the CEOs of the Business Roundtable. In 2002, she was appointed by Governor Mark Warner of Virginia to the Secure Commonwealth Panel to advise the governor and the legislature regarding preparedness issues. She was managing partner of the Harbour Group, a principal in the Bingham Consulting Group, and of counsel to Bingham McCutchen LLP. In addition to her work at CSIS, Ms. Spaulding currently serves on a number of corporate boards and advisory boards and is a member of the Homeland Security Experts Group (HSEG).
Suzanne Spaulding in Military Times — October 31, 2024
Suzanne Spaulding in AP — August 27, 2024
Suzanne Spaulding in NBC News — August 12, 2024
Suzanne Spaulding in MSNBC — August 12, 2024
Suzanne Spaulding in ABC — July 19, 2024
Suzanne Spaulding in GovCIO — July 9, 2024
Suzanne Spaulding in Cyber Threat Alliance — March 14, 2024
Suzanne Spaulding in Inside Cybersecurity — March 12, 2024
Report by Suzanne Spaulding and Paula Reynal — November 13, 2024
Podcast Episode by Suzanne Spaulding — November 13, 2024
Event — October 22, 2024
Podcast Episode by Kathleen McInnis, H. Andrew Schwartz, and Suzanne Spaulding — October 21, 2024
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz, Kathleen McInnis, and Suzanne Spaulding — October 21, 2024
Event — October 10, 2024
Event — September 9, 2024
Podcast Episode by Suzanne Spaulding and Mark Montgomery — July 10, 2024
Commentary by Suzanne Spaulding and Mark Montgomery — July 8, 2024
Event — May 2, 2024
