Carmen Zapata, Sr. Technical Advisor, Data Analysis Research & Technology, CISA Infrastructure Division Ms. Carmen Zapata is a Senior Technical Advisor for Data, Analytics and Research Technology (DART) at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the Infrastructure Security Division. CISA leads the national effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to our cyber and physical infrastructure. We connect our stakeholders in industry and government to each other and to resources, analyses, and tools to help them build their own cyber, communications, and physical security and resilience, in turn helping to ensure a secure and resilient infrastructure for the American people.Prior to her role as Senior Technical Advisor, Ms. Zapata worked at CISA’s National Risk Management Center as the Deputy Associate Director for Analysis, where she created the Data Analytics team and helped oversee several research and technology projects out of the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC) to evaluate risks to the nation’s critical infrastructure. Ms. Zapata has also supported other federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, providing her expertise on modeling and simulation, systems engineering and supply chain management. Ms. Zapata received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering/ Operations Research from Columbia University and a Master’s Degree in Engineering and Public Policy (MEPP) from the University of Maryland.
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