Laura Galante is an American intelligence official and cybersecurity executive.[1] In 2022, she was selected to serve as the Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) and the Intelligence Community’s Cyber Executive at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Prior to this role, Galante led multiple security initiatives in Ukraine and previously served as the Director of Global Intelligence at Mandiant (formerly FireEye).[2]
Laura Galante | |
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| Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence | |
| Assumed office May 22, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Leader | Avril Haines |
| Preceded by | Tom Donahue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1985 Chicago, IL |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) Catholic University of America (JD) |
Early Life and Education
editGalante grew up in Northern Virginia and was an active member of 4-H, winning the 4-H National Livestock Skill-A-thon in 2000.[3] She graduated from Robinson Secondary School in 2003 and during high school served two terms as the president of the Fairfax County 4-H Fair Board.[4] She received her BA in Foreign Affairs and Italian from the University of Virginia and a JD from the Catholic University of America.
Career
editGalante served in intelligence analysis roles at the Department of State and the Defense Intelligence Agency where she was a Booz Allen Hamilton contractor leading a strategic cyber threat analysis team.[5] In 2012, she joined cybersecurity and incident response firm, Mandiant. In 2014 Mandiant was acquired by FireEye and Galante held leadership positions across the company’s threat intelligence business and directed a number of public reports attributing nation state hacking operations[6] [7] [8] [9] including Moscow-sponsored, APT28. [10] She served as the Director of Global Intelligence at FireEye until her departure in March 2017 and subsequently established a consulting practice, Galante Strategies LLC.[11][12] At TED2017, Galante gave a talk titled, “How (and why) Russia Hacked the US Election.”[13][14]
Through her consultancy, Galante led cybersecurity programs for USAID in Ukraine[15] and the Ukraine Election Task Force.[16] She also served as an expert witness who attributed the NotPetya cyber attack on multinational businesses in Ukraine to Russia’s GRU.[17]
In 2019, Galante ran for the 18th District seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates.[18] She won the Democratic primary [19] and lost the general election to the Republican incumbent, Micheal Webert.[20]
In May 2022, Galante was tapped as the Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, reporting to the Director of National Intelligence.[21] She serves concurrently as the Intelligence Community’ Cyber Executive.[2] Under Galante’s leadership, CTIIC has focused on further integrating commercial intelligence in the IC and bolstering public-private partnerships.[22] In 2024, CTIIC released multiple unclassified intelligence products detailing ransomware attacks on US and global entities and other successful cyber operations against US critical infrastructure sectors.[23] [24] Galante has spoken frequently about the evolution of the Intelligence Community’s commercial cyber partnership model and its role in securing US critical infrastructure.[25] [26]
References
edit- ^ Smalley, Suzanne (June 22, 2022). "Former Mandiant Exec Tapped to Run CTIIC, ODNI's Cyber Threat Intelligence Center". CyberScoop. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Who We Are - Leadership". DNI.gov. ODNI. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Smith, Leef (December 2, 2000). "Sows and Suburbanites: Fairfax 4-H Team Leaves Rural Youths in Dust at National Contest". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Berg, Scott (August 2, 2002). "Sheep Thrills: Looking at 4-H on its 100th Birthday". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Kris, David (18 April 2023). "Cyber Leadership at ODNI with Chris Fonzone and Laura Galante". The Lawfare Podcast. The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation with Brookings. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Hackett, Robert (June 25, 2016). "China's Cyber Spying on the U.S. Has Drastically Changed". Fortune. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Kerner, Sean (April 12, 2010). "Chinese-Backed Cyber-attacks Found in S.E. Asia, India, Report Says". eWeek. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Ruhfus, Juliana (June 18, 2015). "Syria's Electronic Armies: People and Power investigates the sinister impact of a secret cyber war on the Syrian civil war". Al-Jazeera. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Sanger, David (February 1, 2015). "Hackers Use Old Lure on Web to Help Syrian Government". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Perloth, Nicole (October 28, 2014). "Online Security Experts Link More Breaches to Russian Government". Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Galante Strategies". Galante Strategies. Galante Strategies LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Hall, Linda (February 2, 2018). "Great Decisions series kicks off with cybersecurity". The Daily Record. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Vasquez, Alejandra (April 24, 2017). "Why we must question the truth: Laura Galante speaks at TED2017". No. TEDBlog. TED. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Laura Galante: Are All Of Us Vulnerable To Fake News?". NPR. June 23, 2017.
- ^ "LAURA GALANTE: "CYBER THREATS ARE MUCH MORE DYNAMIC THAN MOST OTHER TRADITIONAL THREATS"". No. 2021. IT Arena Ukraine. IT Arena. September 24, 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Ukrainian Election Task Force—exposing foreign interference in Ukraine's election". The Atlantic Council. Ukrainian Election Task Force. November 15, 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Silverberg, Philip. "NotPetya: A Particularly GRU-some Cyber Attack" (PDF). International Association of Defense Counsel. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Ivancic, James (September 27, 2019). "Marshall candidates forum focuses on 18th District". The Fauquier Times. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Galante wins House of Delegates Democrat primary". Rappahannock News. June 11, 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "House of Delegates District 18 2019 Election". The Virginia Public Access Project. VPAP. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "CTIIC History". dni.gov. ODNI.
- ^ "CTIIC Welcomes First Director of Strategic Cyber Partnerships". DNI.gov. ODNI. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Martin, Alexander (September 30, 2024). "Here's what to expect from the Counter Ransomware Initiative meeting this week". The Record. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Gedeon, Joseph (September 30, 2024). "CRI looks to outsmart ransomware rivals". Politico. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Public and Private Sector Officials Discuss Cybersecurity Threats". C-SPAN. July 17, 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "GovWare 2024: Join top cybersecurity leaders to shape the future of digital security". IT News Asia. September 18, 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.