This is a list of prominent people involved at policy and strategy level decision making as it relates to cyberspace. Past luminaries will be left on the list because many of these people continue to have influential, behind the scene, voices even after they leave their senior public positions.
See also our other articles in the Who’s Who series
 LTG Keith Alexander |
Lt Gen Keith Alexander - is the director of the National Security Agency. He is pending confirmation as the Commander of the newly created US Cyber Command |
 Rod Beckstrom |
Rod Beckstrom – is the President of ICANN. Previously, he ran the National Cyber Security Center |
 Bob Butler |
Bob Butler – is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber and Space Policy |
 Gen James Cartwright |
Gen James Cartwright – is Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the previous commander of US Strategic Command. He is a highly influential voice in the DoD regarding the cyber mission |
 Gen Kevin Chilton |
Gen Kevin Chilton – is the commander of US Strategic Command. This is the US primary warfighting ogranization responsible for the military’s cyberspace mission. |
 Lt Gen (ret) James Clapper |
Lt Gen (ret) James Clapper – is the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and the Deputy DNI for Defense Intelligence |
 Lt Gen (ret.) Bob Elder |
Lt Gen (ret.) Bob Elder – was the commander of 8thAir Force. He was responsible for maturing the cyber mission in the Air Force |
 Melissa Hathaway |
Melissa Hathaway – was the Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils |
 Vivek Kundra |
Vivek Kundra – is the Federal Chief Information Officer |
 Lt Gen Bill Lord |
Lt Gen Bill Lord – is the US Air Force’s senior communications/cyber officer. He was the driving force behind the creation of 24th Air Force (AF Cyber Command) |
 Bill Lynn |
Bill Lynn – is the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Not a cyber guy, but has taken a personal interest in this mission area |
 Phil Reitinger |
Phil Reitinger – is the Deputy Secretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) and Director of the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) at the United States Department of Homeland Security |
 Cheryl Roby |
Cheryl Roby – is the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration (DoD’s Chief Information Officer) |
 Howard Schmidt |
Howard Schmidt – is the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. Here is the White House’s official blog entry on Mr Schmidt’s appointment. His wikipedia entry is a bit dated. |
 VADM Denby Starling |
Vice Admiral Denby Starling – is the commander of the Navy’s Network Warfare Command and the Command of Navy Cyber Forces |
 John Streufert |
John Streufert – is the State Department’s Chief Informations Security Officer and the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Information Security |
 Lt Gen Dennis Via |
Lt Gen Dennis Via – is the lead communications/cyber officer on the Joint Staff |
 Amit Yoran |
Amit Yoran – is the CEO of NetWitness. He was previously the National Cyber Security Division director within the United States Department of Homeland Security |
This list is most certainly incomplete. Please send additional names along with a link to their on-line and picture bio, to submit@cyberloop.org