Dr. David Mussington Re-Elected to ISC2 Board of Directors

Date: July 30, 2025

We are delighted to congratulate Dr. David Mussington, CISSP, ICIT Fellow and FCEB Co‑Chair, on being re‑elected to the ISC2 Board of Directors for the 2026–2028 term, following the ISC² Member vote held from July 9 to July 23, 2025 and final results announced on July 30, 2025.

Dr. Mussington joins a distinguished slate of newly elected members—which includes Laurie‑Anne Bourdain (Belgium), Chitra Dharmarajan (U.S.), and Mari Galloway (U.S.)—selected from an initial field of 192 eligible candidates, refined by interviews and board endorsement to a final slate of five.

Having previously earned his seat and now continuing to serve, Dr. Mussington’s re‑election is a testament to the high esteem with which he is held by ISC2 members and the cybersecurity community. As Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security at the Department of Homeland Security’s CISA, he has demonstrated unwavering commitment to securing the nation’s critical infrastructure and helping guide public–private partnerships in resilience and readiness.

His return to the ISC2 Board brings renewed strength to the governance of one of the world’s preeminent cybersecurity organizations. ICIT is proud to see Dr. Mussington continue to shape the profession at that level, just as he contributes invaluable expertise to ICIT’s mission.

Congratulations, Dr. Mussington! With your leadership, experience, and dedication, ICIT is confident that your renewed role on the ISC2 Board will amplify our collective work to modernize and secure the infrastructure systems essential to society.

Warm regards on behalf of the ICIT team and community.

About Dr. David Mussington

Dr. David Mussington is Professor of the Practice at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. Prior to rejoining UMD in January of 2025, David served as the Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, US Department of Homeland Security.

At CISA David was one of three Presidentially appointed officials charged with implementing the nation’s critical infrastructure security and resilience strategies and plans across 16 critical infrastructures. He also led interagency efforts on counter-and anti- terrorism efforts, playing a leading role in reducing the risks of domestic targeted violence, school safety, and physical infrastructure security standards. He was also a founding member of CISA’s Cyber Safety Review Board

David has extensive public and private sector experience in cyber and infrastructure security, selected for the Senior Executive Service and assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the role of Senior Advisor for Cyber Policy, later joining the NSC staff as Director for Surface Transportation Security Policy.

As a researcher at RAND Corporation and later at the Institute for Defense Analyses, David directed cybersecurity studies for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Communications Commission, the Bank of Canada, and NATO.

David has a PhD in Political Science from Canada’s Carleton University, and MA and BA degrees from the University of Toronto. He undertook postdoctoral study at Harvard’s Belfer Center, and at the UK’s International Institute for Strategic Studies.

In 2021 David was elected a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2023 David was awarded Homeland Security Today’s Mission Award, for contributions to the US Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience mission. In 2024 he received the 2024 Impact Award from the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) for leadership in critical infrastructure policy and strategy. David was selected in 2021 as a life member in the Council of Foreign Relations.

About ICIT

The Institute  for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)3think tank with the mission of modernizing, securing, and making resilient critical infrastructure that provides for people’s foundational needs. ICIT takes no institutional positions on policy matters. Rather than advocate, ICIT is dedicated to being a resource for the organizations and communities that share our mission. By applying a people-centric lens to critical infrastructure research and decision making, our work ensures that modernization and security investments have a lasting, positive impact on society.

Learn more at www.icitech.org/.

ICIT CONTACTS:

Parham Eftekhari

Founder and Chairman

parham@icitech.org 

Cory Simpson

Chief Executive Officer

cory@icitech.org