Thomas Finan

Biography

Tom Finan is a Senior Cybersecurity Strategist and Counsel with the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), where he leads work on cybersecurity insurance and cyber risk management in support of implementation of Executive Order 13636, “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.”  Tom established DHS’ Cybersecurity Insurance webpage, http://www.dhs.gov/publication/cybersecurity-insurance, which includes a series of readout reports that describe DHS’ efforts in these areas.  Previously, Tom led the effort to develop a resiliency-focused risk analysis and modeling office for NPPD that examines both cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructures, systems, and the public.  Prior to his arrival at DHS, he served as the Staff Director and Counsel for the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment with the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security where he advised the Subcommittee Chair, Jane Harman (D-CA).  During his service with the Committee, Tom authored two major reports:  Beyond Connecting the Dots: A VITAL Framework for Sharing Law Enforcement Intelligence Information and LEAP:  A Law Enforcement Assistance and Partnership Strategy.  Both informed many of the statutory provisions that he developed for Title V of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-53) and the Reducing Over-Classification Act (P.L. 111-258).  Tom is a former Assistant General Counsel at the FBI and previously worked in private litigation practice.

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