Joe Jarzombek
Director of Software Assurance, National Cyber Security Division
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) works collaboratively with public, private, and international entities to secure cyberspace and America’s cyber assets. To protect the cyber infrastructure, NCSD has identified two overarching objectives:

• To build and maintain an effective national cyberspace response system
• To implement a cyber-risk management program for the protection of critical infrastructure

In his role as Director for Software Assurance, Joe leads government interagency public/private collaboration efforts with industry, academia, and standards organizations to shift the security paradigm away from patch management by addressing security needs in work force education and training, more comprehensive diagnostic capabilities, software security automation, and security-enhanced development and acquisition practices. Joe served in the U.S. Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel in program management. After retiring from the Air Force, he worked in the cyber security industry as vice president for product and process engineering. Joe also served in two software-related positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense prior to accepting his current DHS position.