Marisol Cruz Cain

Marisol Cruz Cain is a Director in GAO's Information Technology and Cybersecurity team. She oversees work on federal cybersecurity and privacy issues, including emerging technologies, the National Cybersecurity Strategy and specific agencies' ability to protect privacy, sensitive data, and the computing infrastructure. Marisol joined GAO in 2005. Over her career, she has led audits on government-wide cybersecurity, privacy, and information management issues, including reviews of agency use of Login.gov, efficiency of federal privacy programs, the implementation of cybersecurity risk management practices, threat information sharing within critical information protection sectors, and the transition to electronic records. She has also led work on emerging technologies such as the internet of things and quantum computing. She has also led reviews of cybersecurity and IT management/operations at specific agencies, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Federal Student Aid. Marisol graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, University at Albany with a master's degree in public administration concentrating in information policy, and University of Maryland University College with a master's in information assurance. Marisol also holds many professional certifications, including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), CIPP/G, and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certificate.