Tony Sager, MS

Tony Sager leads the development of the CIS Controls™, a worldwide consensus project to find and support technical best practices in cybersecurity. He champions the use of CIS Controls and other solutions gleaned from previous cyber-attacks to improve global cyber defense while nurturing CIS’ independent worldwide community of volunteers, encouraging them to make their enterprise, and the connected world, a safer place. 

In addition to his duties for CIS, he is an active volunteer in numerous community service activities including; the Board of Directors for the Cybercrime Support Network; a member of the National Academy of Sciences Cyber Resilience Forum; Advisory Boards for several local schools and colleges; and service on numerous national-level study groups and advisory panels. 

Sager retired from the National Security Agency (NSA) after thirty-four years as an Information Assurance professional. In 2001, Sager led the release of NSA security guidance to the public. He also expanded the NSA’s role in the development of open standards for security. Sager’s awards and commendations at NSA include two Presidential Rank Awards at the Meritorious Level, and the NSA Exceptional Civilian Service Award. The groups he led at NSA were also widely recognized for technical and mission excellence with awards from numerous industry sources including the SANS Institute, SC Magazine, and Government Executive Magazine.

Sager holds a BA in Mathematics from Western Maryland College and an MS in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University.