Jaffer joins the Board, which is responsible for identifying the lessons learned following major cyber incidents.
Washington, D.C. – May 8, 2024 – Paladin Capital Group, a Washington, D.C.-based multi-stage investor specializing in cyber and advanced technology, is pleased to announce that Venture Partner and Strategic Advisor Jamil Jaffer will join the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB). The CSRB is a public-private partnership responsible for fact-finding and making issue recommendations after major cyber incidents. Jaffer is the only institutional venture capital investor on the Board.
“I am incredibly proud of Jamil for his continued leadership on and commitment to cyber safety that resulted in his appointment to the CSRB,” said Michael Steed, Founder and Managing Partner of Paladin Capital Group. “The Board embodies Paladin’s mission of bringing together the private and public sector to fortify America’s critical infrastructure, and we are ecstatic to have Jamil contribute to its critical work.”
In addition to advising Paladin on its investments, Jaffer is also the Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute at George Mason University Law School. Previously, he served in a variety of senior national security roles in the federal government, including as a commissioned officer in the Bush White House, on the leadership teams of the Justice Department’s National Security Division and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and as a senior staff member of the House Intelligence Committee.
Established by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in 2022, the CSRB is comprised of the leading private sector cybersecurity experts and senior officials from DHS, CISA, the Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the National Cyber Director, and the Office of Management and Budget.
New members of the CSRB include:
- Jamil Jaffer, Venture Partner Paladin Capital Group and Founder and Executive Director, National Security Institute, George Mason University Scalia Law School
- David Luber, Director, Cybersecurity Directorate, NSA
- Katie Nickels, Senior Director of Intelligence Operations, Red Canary
- Chris Krebs, Chief Intelligence and Public Policy Officer, Sentinel One
Returning members include:
- Robert Silvers, Under Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security (Chair)
- Heather Adkins, Vice President, Security Engineering, Google (Deputy Chair)
- Dmitri Alperovitch, Co-Founder and Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator and Co-Founder and former CTO of CrowdStrike, Inc.
- Harry Coker, Jr., National Cyber Director, Office of the National Cyber Director
- Jerry Davis, Founder, Gryphon X
- Chris DeRusha, Federal Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Management and Budget
- Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Rob Joyce, Former Director of Cybersecurity, National Security Agency
- Marshall Miller, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice
- John Sherman, Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense
- Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
CSRB’s reviews and other information about the Board can be found on the CSRB website.
About Paladin Capital Group
Paladin Capital Group was founded in 2001 and has offices in Washington DC, New York, London, Luxembourg, and Silicon Valley. As a multi-stage investor, Paladin’s core strength is identifying, supporting and investing in innovative companies that develop promising, early-stage technologies to address the critical cyber and advanced technological needs of both commercial and government customers. Combining proven investment experience with deep expertise in global security, cyber technology and cutting-edge research, Paladin has invested in more than 60 companies since 2008 and has been a trusted partner to investors, entrepreneurs and governments for over two decades.
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