Susan Schneider

Susan Schneider currently serves as the chief of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Active Assailant Security Branch within the Infrastructure Security Division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In that role she leads the efforts in the development of tools and resources to mitigate the threats to public gathering events and locations. This includes risk mitigation support to public gathering locations and training on topics including active shooter preparedness, suspicious activity reporting, vehicle ramming and houses of worship security.

Prior to serving in her current role, Schneider served as the section chief for operational analysis in the National Risk Management Center within CISA. In this role, she helped lead a strategic, cross-sector risk management approach to cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructure in coordination with government and the private sector. Key areas of focus included vulnerability and risk assessments, all-hazards crisis management and all-source intelligence analysis.

Schneider has over 20 years of military and federal experience in the U.S. government. Prior to her time with DHS, Schneider was a security forces member and a special agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. She investigated felony criminal acts, conducted protective service operations and led antiterrorism initiatives. She holds a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Park University and a Master of Arts in executive leadership from Liberty University.