Rahul Mittal

Rahul Mittal is currently the Cybersecurity Advisor for Washington D.C in Region 3 with DHS CISA and is responsible for proactively engaging with members in private and public sector to increase the nation's critical infrastructure resiliency and further protect it from cyber-attack. Previously, Mr. Mittal has worked at the National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST), Health and Human Service (HHS), and the Chief Administrative Office (CAO) for the House of Representatives. In his career, he has served as a subject matter expert on cybersecurity topics related to risk management, incident response, cybersecurity analysis, and cyber policy. At HHS, he was the Branch Chief for the Office of the Secretary (OS) Cybersecurity Customer Engagement and Compliance Support and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Mr. Mittal currently holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication and a Master of Business Administration and possesses the following professional industry certifications: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and the Certified Network Defense Architect (CNDA).