American cybersecurity and infrastructure security expert (born 1977)
Not to be confused with Brian Krebs.
Chris Krebs
1st Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
In office November 16, 2018 – November 17, 2020
President
Donald Trump
Deputy
Matthew Travis
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Brandon 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
President
Donald Trump
Deputy
Matthew Travis
Preceded by
Suzanne Spaulding
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Infrastructure Protection
In office August 1, 2017 – June 15, 2018
President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
Caitlin Durkovich
Succeeded by
Brian Harrell
Personal details
Born
Christopher Cox Krebs
(1977-01-30) January 30, 1977 (age 47) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education
University 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]
^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.
President Donald Trump fired Krebs for contradicting Trump's claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Krebs was born in Atlanta, Georgia...
At the beginning of 2021, Stamos joined former CISA director ChrisKrebs to form Krebs Stamos Group, a cybersecurity consultancy, which quickly landed...
Security Agency. Wales assumed office after President Donald Trump fired ChrisKrebs, and previously served as first executive director of the agency. Wales...
Look up Krebs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Krebs is the German and Danish word for "crab" and "cancer" (in German, both the zodiac sign and the...
Incumbent Assumed office July 13, 2021 President Joe Biden Preceded by ChrisKrebs Personal details Born Jennie Margaret Koch Education United States Military...
Inquirer. Retrieved June 15, 2020. Krebs, Christopher Cox (November 29, 2020). "Fired director of U.S. cyber agency ChrisKrebs explains why President Trump's...
SentinelOne acquired the boutique consultancy Krebs Stamos Group, founded by former CISA Director ChrisKrebs and former Facebook Chief Security Officer...
Retrieved January 12, 2021. Krebs, Brian (January 7, 2021). "Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach". Krebs on Security. Archived from...
January 4, 2021. On January 8, 2021, SolarWinds hired former CISA director ChrisKrebs to help the company work through the recent cyber attack. In July 2021...
was in any way compromised". A few days later, Trump fired Krebs by tweet, claiming that Krebs' analysis was "highly inaccurate". On November 13, 2020,...
Newsroom". T-Mobile Newsroom. Krebs, Brian (27 August 2021). "T-Mobile: Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People – Krebs on Security". Vaas, Lisa. "T-Mobile:...
original on November 4, 2020. Krebs, Christopher Cox (November 29, 2020). "Fired director of U.S. cyber agency ChrisKrebs explains why President Trump's...
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (National Protection and Programs) ChrisKrebs August 16, 2017 June 15, 2018 June 15, 2018 (Confirmed June 12, 2018...
Labor Relations Authority under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden ChrisKrebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under...
original on November 4, 2020. Krebs, Christopher Cox (November 29, 2020). "Fired director of U.S. cyber agency ChrisKrebs explains why President Trump's...
child of four, Krebs and his two brothers all played ice hockey growing up while his sister studied music. The Kootenay Ice named Krebs the team's 23rd...
disinformation as part of their election security efforts in 2020. CISA director ChrisKrebs was fired by President Trump in November 2020 for refuting Trump's false...
be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ChrisKrebs. A number of federal courts later ruled that Wolf's appointment was invalid...
Mike Robles def. Danny Navarro KO 2 0:17 Charles Evan Thompson def. ChrisKrebs Decision (Unanimous) 3 0:00 Jayson Durant def. Lamar Jiles TKO 1 1:08...
per game as a sophomore. As a junior, Krebs averaged 8.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game. Krebs scored a season-high 20 points on 23 November...
On the same day, Director Krebs indicated that he expected to be dismissed from his post by the Trump administration. Krebs was subsequently fired by...
YouTube) to call for ChrisKrebs to be "drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot". DiGenova's specific criticism was that Krebs "thinks the election...
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