Philip Reitinger

Philip R. Reitinger is Chair, Common Good Cyber Strategic Advisory Committee and Senior Advisor and President Emeritus, serving as President and CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance from 2015 to 2025. He has 30 years of experience in cybersecurity, including leadership, operations, policy and law.

In 2009, Mr. Reitinger was appointed to serve as the Deputy Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate and the Director of the National Cyber Security Center in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Earlier in his government career, Mr. Reitinger was the first Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center, and also served as Deputy Chief of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was one of the first dedicated cybercrime prosecutors.  In the private sector, Mr. Reitinger was Sony’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer from September 2011 to September 2014. Mr. Reitinger was also the Chief Trustworthy Infrastructure Strategist at Microsoft Corporation. He volunteers as well, having been a Stars Mentor for the MACH37 Cyber Accelerator and a member and vice chair of the Falls Church City School Board.

Mr. Reitinger was awarded the Secretary of Homeland Security’s Distinguished Service Medal in June 2011, and the Attorney General’s John Marshall Award in July 1999. Mr. Reitinger holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.