Mirriam-Grace MacIntyre
Ms. Mirriam-Grace MacIntyre is the Executive Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) where she oversees the daily operations of a national center dedicated to protecting America from foreign intelligence threats.
From 2021-2023, Ms. MacIntyre served as the Director for Counterintelligence at the National Security Council where she led the development of counterintelligence policy under the Biden-Harris Administration.
Ms. MacIntyre joined ODNI cadre in 2016 first as the National Counterintelligence Officer for Russia, Europe and Eurasia and later as the Deputy National Intelligence Manager for Counterintelligence and was responsible for leading the development of strategies, plans, and initiatives to advance the Intelligence Community’s (IC) counterintelligence mission and address the needs of U.S. Government decision makers. Under her leadership, ODNI was instrumental in driving significant CI and security advancements at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. She also led numerous high-impact initiatives, including NCSC’s support to Operation Warp Speed’s COVID-19 vaccine development effort which enhanced threat awareness for the state, local, and private sector.
Prior to joining ODNI, Ms. MacIntyre served for eleven years as an intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) where she held numerous senior analytic and management positions across the counterterrorism, CI, and counterespionage portfolios. In 2007, she led a team of linguists, analysts, and investigators at the Combined Media Processing Center – Qatar responsible for supporting ongoing military operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Prior to that, Ms. MacIntyre held several analytic positions working hard targets and spent two years as an analyst and briefer in support of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where she produced current intelligence products on foreign intelligence threats to the Department of Defense.
Awards and honors include DIA’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award, DoD’s Civilian Combat Support Award, DoD’s Civilian Expeditionary Award, and the National Security Award for CI Analysis.
Ms. MacIntyre holds degrees and certificates from Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Institut des Etudes Sciences Politiques de Paris.
CTIIC analyzes and integrates cyber intelligence for decision-makers so they can act on the identified threats. CTIIC coordinates an IC-wide approach to mitigating and countering cyber threats. CTIIC unifies and integrates cyber collection and aligns cyber funding to national priorities. CTIIC works closely with the National Security Council, National Intelligence Council, and partners across the IC.
CTIIC is staffed by a workforce of agile, diverse, skilled, and highly motivated professionals with the similar interest of protecting our nation’s security.
We foster opportunities for growth and development that deepen expertise; we recognize and reward initiative, innovation, and collaboration; we leverage and build upon relationships across the federal cyber community; and we encourage collaboration and problem-solving across CTIIC components.
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CTIIC integrates cyber threat intelligence, builds innovative partnerships and capabilities, unifies cyber collection, and aligns cyber funding to national priorities.
- Integrate Cyber Threat Intelligence
CTIIC integrates IC and commercial cyber intelligence to inform a variety of audiences from senior policy makers to network defenders. CTIIC also leads the IC’s intelligence support to government incident response efforts.
- Build Innovative Partnerships and Capabilities
CTIIC engages in partnerships across the IC and USG, and with foreign, and industry partners to increase visibility into cyber threats, support enhanced processing and sharing of cyber intelligence, incubate new cyber capabilities, and further the development of the IC’s cyber workforce.
- Guide IC Investment and Strategic Priorities
CTIIC collaborates with IC elements to identify opportunities to integrate cyber collection, data exploitation, and analysis across the IC and to align funding to national priorities.
Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 41 on Cyber Incident Coordination designates CTIIC as one of three Federal lead agencies (with DHS and FBI) responsible for the coordination response to a significant cyber incident. CTIIC is designated in PPD 41 as the Federal lead agency for intelligence support and related activities for significant cyber incidents.
CTIIC’s National Intelligence Manager for Cyber implements the integrated mission management responsibilities in Intelligence Community Directive 900.