Iranga Kahangama serves as the Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division liaison to the National Security Council, where he is Director for Cyber Incident Response. In this role, he coordinates the federal government’s response across agencies in response to significant cyber incidents. He is the primary author of Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity and also works on ransomware policy. Prior to his current role, he served as a senior policy advisor on an array of cyber, internet, and technology policy issues for the FBI. This included leading the FBI’s program on internet governance, where he was part of the US delegation to various internet governance forums including the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He joined the FBI after earning his Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Iranga Kahangama
Director for Cyber Incident Response & FBI Cyber Division Liaison
U.S. National Security Council (NSC)