Brett DeWitt is currently the Senior Policy Advisor for Cybersecurity for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security. Mr. DeWitt currently advises Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and other Members of Congress on the Committee on all Federal policy and legislation involving cybersecurity, data protection, privacy, infrastructure protection, and security technologies. Recently, Mr. DeWitt was the lead staffer for the development, drafting, and passage of H.R. 3696, the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives. This cybersecurity legislation codifies and strengthens the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity mission to ensure U.S. critical infrastructure protection and improve cyber incident response efforts. Additionally, the legislation enables the sharing of real-time cyber threat information across the critical infrastructure sectors while also ensuring the protection of privacy and civil liberties. Mr. DeWitt has served on the Committee on Homeland Security for over four years.

Prior to working for the Committee on Homeland Security, Mr. DeWitt served as a Legislative Aide to both Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH) and Congressman Phil English (R-PA). Mr. DeWitt also served as an Assistant to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, J. Dennis Hastert. Mr. DeWitt is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Minor in Public Affairs. Mr. DeWitt graduated from the U.S. Naval War College, College of Naval Command and Staff and is currently pursuing a Masters of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies.