Nick Andersen
Executive Assistant Director For Cybersecurity at Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolNick Andersen is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with seven years of high-impact experience leading national cyber and critical infrastructure programs across federal, state, and private sectors. Currently serving as Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at CISA, he has repeatedly bridged government and industry—holding senior roles at DOE, the White House, the Navy, Coast Guard, and as a CISO in the private sector. He combines operational rigor from military and intelligence CIO roles with strategic policy training from Harvard Kennedy School and technical depth from MS degrees in cybersecurity and information security. Known for stepping into fast-moving, high-stakes environments, he has a track record of standing up resilient cyber operations and coordinating cross-jurisdictional incident response. He also brings executive strategy experience from leading Invictus International Consulting through growth and transition. Outside work, his GitHub bio hints at a digitally native perspective—living life online—which aligns with his career-long focus on securing the digital domain.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity, Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity at Brown UniversityExecutive Education, Executive Education at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of BusinessCertificate in Public Policy, Certificate in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy SchoolMS Information Security and Assurance, MS Information Security and Assurance at Western Governors UniversityBS IT Management, BS IT Management at American Public University SystemDefense Acquisition University
Github Skills (200)
ansible-galaxy10
thunderbird10
scanner10
github-app10
hygiene10
tld10
directives10
dkim10
skeleton10
amazon-cloudwatch10
ssm10
xfce10
python-bindings10
scanning10
python10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
cisagov/skeleton-tf-module
Feb 2020 - Nov 2024
A skeleton project for quickly getting a new cisagov Terraform module started.
Contributions:31 reviews, 52 PRs, 66 pushes in 4 years 9 months
skeletonproject-skeletonterraformawsterraform-module
cisagov/github-actions-playground
Dec 2021 - Feb 2022
Playground for testing GitHub Actions functionality and possibilities.
Contributions:5 reviews, 97 commits, 41 PRs in 2 months
testing-githubtestingplaygroundjest
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