Richard Grabowski

Richard Grabowski is the Deputy Branch Chief of Capability Implementation (CI) and the Deputy Program Manager for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Cybersecurity Division. Through partnerships with agencies and industry, the CDM Program fortifies the cybersecurity of civilian government data and networks by providing capabilities that deliver relevant, timely and actionable information. CDM enables cybersecurity professionals to manage risks by providing innovative tools, processes, governance and training required to defend against cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities.

In his role, Richard has specific responsibilities for managing portfolios to deliver CDM capabilities and services to program-participating federal agencies. As the chief engineer of the program, he oversees the day-to-day operations of the technical implementation efforts within the projects under the program, as well as the strategic direction of the CDM Architecture.

Prior to Richard’s current role, he led the CDM Program’s senior technical staff as the Architecture team lead. He started with CDM in 2014 as a Systems Engineer supporting the CDM Dashboard and the Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense (DEFEND; formerly Task Order [TO2]) Group C agencies. Previous to this, Richard spent over nine years providing client/server Windows administration and virtualization integration services to the federal government. Richard also served as the acting CDM program manger throughout most of 2021 and 2022, when he led the successful execution of high visability initiatives that spun off of EO 14028, including enterprise EDR and the complete deployment of the modernized, rearchitected CDM Dashboard platform across the FCEB.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from The George Washington University. He has received numerous industry certifications and recognitions, including Meritalk’s Cyber Defenders and the Federal 100 awards.