Chris Krebs

Chris Krebs
1st Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
In office
November 16, 2018 – November 17, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyMatthew Travis
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBrandon Wales (acting)
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate
In office
June 15, 2018 – November 15, 2018
Acting: July 24, 2017 – June 15, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyMatthew Travis
Preceded bySuzanne Spaulding
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Infrastructure Protection
In office
August 1, 2017 – June 15, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byCaitlin Durkovich
Succeeded byBrian Harrell
Personal details
Born
Christopher Cox Krebs

(1977-01-30) January 30, 1977 (age 47)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
George Mason University (JD)

Christopher Cox Krebs (born 1977) is an American attorney who served as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 until November 17, 2020, when President Donald Trump fired Krebs for contradicting Trump's claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.[1]

  1. ^ Macias, Amanda (November 18, 2020). "Trump says DHS cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs has been terminated". CNBC. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.