Kelly Rae Murray is the former Associate Director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Office of Chemical Security within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Ms. Murray led the Office of Chemical Security in identifying, regulating, and managing infrastructure security risk by overseeing the former Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulation as well as voluntary critical infrastructure security and resilience programs. Ms. Murray served as a technical authority on critical infrastructure and chemical security with expertise in risk-based and performance-based security measures to best assist critical infrastructure owners and operators and communities across the nation both understand and address their security risk. Further, she was a co-implementer of the Global Congress on Chemical Security and Emerging Threats, an international group of more than 1,000 experts from 80 countries, established to build capacity worldwide, enable technology innovation, address emerging threats like artificial intelligence and drones, and influence global security strategies for critical infrastructure.
Currently, Ms. Murray is the Executive Director and Co-Founder for the Center for Cross-Sector Coordination (CXC), a not-for-profit initiative focusing on promoting cross-sector collaboration and information sharing, private-public discussion, and cross-sector security and resilience solutions for critical infrastructure owners and operators. The Center serves as a trusted network and forum for true expert coordination—and as a force multiplier for government Sector Risk Management Agencies and information sharing initiatives. Additionally, Ms. Murray is President and Founder of Resilience and Risk Solutions where she provides expert strategic policy, legislative approach, organizational development, risk analysis, vulnerability assessment, emergency management, and program development for critical infrastructure and government partners, driving impactful change and increased national and economic security and resilience. She also partners with Deep Water Point & Associates as a Principal to identify opportunities, maintain public and private sector partnerships, and provide expert guidance, agency-savvy insights, and mission-informed perspectives on national-level projects.
