Brian Harrell

Brian currently serves as Vice President and Chief Security Officer at FirstEnergy, his work emphasizes training, readiness and coordination across both corporate and field teams. and include responsibilities that span corporate and field security, 24/7 security operations, enterprise wide cybersecurity, threat intelligence, risk and compliance and security architecture and engineering

In 2018, Brian was appointed by the President of the United States to serve as the sixth Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was also the first Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He has spent time during his career in the US Marine Corps and various private sector agencies with the goal of protecting the United States from security threats.

Brian is a Board Member and Strategic Advisor to several companies.