Debora A. Plunkett has served as an independent director of CACI International since 2018. She held senior leadership positions in the National Security Agency (NSA) and brings to the Board more than 30 years of national security experience in critical mission areas such as cybersecurity and information assurance, along with policy-creation experience from the most senior levels of the Intelligence Community and risk oversight and assessment experience.
Ms. Plunkett's NSA positions included Director of Information Assurance from April 2010 to November 2014 and Deputy Director of Information Assurance from August 2008 to April 2010, where she led the agency's information assurance/cyber defense mission and directed thousands of NSA professionals worldwide. She conceived and established the National Cyber Security Assistance Program to qualify commercial organizations for accreditation in performing cybersecurity services for national security systems, and advised Executive Branch decision-makers. She served on the National Security Council in the administrations of President Clinton and President George W. Bush on cyber issues.
A highly credentialed professional, Ms. Plunkett received the Distinguished Service Medal and Exceptional Civilian Service Award from the NSA Director. She was awarded the Rank of Distinguished Executive by President Barack Obama and the Rank of Meritorious Executive by President George W. Bush. She is a professor in the cybersecurity graduate program at the University of Maryland.