Morgan Adamski
Executive Director, U.S. Cyber Command
Current Position:
Ms. Morgan Adamski assumed her current position as Executive Director (EXDIR), United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) on June 10, 2024.
Background: Previously, Ms. Morgan Adamski was the Chief of the Cybersecurity Collaboration Center for NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate where she led the Agency’s open private sector relationships to secure the Defense Industrial Base and its service providers. During her time there, she revitalized the way NSA collaborates with the private sector to harden billions of endpoints against nation-state cyber threats. Ms. Adamski also served as the Deputy Strategic Mission Manager for NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate and was responsible for leading complex and groundbreaking initiatives for the agency specifically aimed at gaining insights against nation-state cyber actors and collaborating with the private sector.
For more than a decade, Ms. Adamski has been at the forefront of NSA’s Computer Network Defense, Computer Network Exploitation, and Cyber analysis missions. Prior to her position in CSD, she served as a senior Cyber Policy Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) for Cyber Policy. Ms. Adamski acted as technical and operational subject matter expert to the DASD for Cyber Policy, specializing in operational issues in the Middle East and Eurasia area of responsibility. She was a primary contributor to the 2018 DoD Cyber Strategy and was responsible for orchestrating the Department’s new approach to cyber deterrence.
Ms. Adamski served as a Chief Operating Officer for NSA’s offensive cyber mission from 2016-2018, responsible for planning and executing operations against some of the agency’s hardest intelligence targets. Prior to serving in NSA’s offensive mission, she served as the NSA Deputy Director’s executive assistant (2014-2016) and as a senior SME for the Middle East cyber analysis office (2010-2014).
Ms. Adamski received the Director of National Intelligence Merit Unit Citation in 2019 and the Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 2016.
Education: Ms. Adamski graduated from Mercyhurst University with a Master’s of Science in Strategic Intelligence. She earned her Bachelors of Art in Peace, War, and Defense with a specialization in National Security from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Personal: A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she is an avid sports fan and enjoys traveling as well as spending time with family and friends.