Roberta Stempfley is Director CERT Division at the Software Engineering Institute, a part of Carnegie Mellon University. Previously she was a director at the MITRE Corporation, as well as a leader in the field of the security and use of technology to support the public’s interests. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of CyberSecurity & Communications where she engaged with critical infrastructure and industry to raise awareness, reduce risks, and prepare and respond to cyber events. She also served as chief information officer (CIO) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where her work spanned the internal technology used in the agency and the capabilities put in the hands of war fighters and their mission support organizations. Ms. Stempfley has been recognized as a top federal CIO two years in a row by Information Week, named one of the top 50 Women in Technology in D.C., and awarded the F. Lynne McNulty Award as a leader in cybersecurity by (ISC)2.
Roberta Stempfley is Director CERT Division at the Software Engineering Institute, a part of Carnegie Mellon University. Previously she was a director at the MITRE Corporation, as well as a leader in the field of the security and use of technology to support the public’s interests. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of CyberSecurity & Communications where she engaged with critical infrastructure and industry to raise awareness, reduce risks, and prepare and respond to cyber events. She also served as chief information officer (CIO) of the Defense Information Systems Agency, where her work spanned the internal technology used in the agency and the capabilities put in the hands of war fighters and their mission support organizations. Ms. Stempfley has been recognized as a top federal CIO two years in a row by Information Week, named one of the top 50 Women in Technology in D.C., and awarded the F. Lynne McNulty Award as a leader in cybersecurity by (ISC)2.