Andrew Scott
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Bio
Andrew Scott is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology. Mr. Scott previously served in government for over two decades in leadership roles at the White House, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of State. He now leads enterprise and third-party risk management for cybersecurity, technology, and AI at a Fortune 100 financial institution.
A former member of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service, he led the agency's worldwide effort against nation-state cyber threats, transforming its engagement with industry partners and building new capabilities to detect adversary intrusions. As CISA's first Associate Director for countering nation-state threats to critical infrastructure, he drove the response to China's Volt Typhoon and Storm-0558 campaigns. Across two tours at the National Security Council, most recently as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Cyber Policy, he shaped national cyber strategy, strengthened international partnerships, and managed the government's most serious cyber incidents.
His work centers on frontier AI security, the future of government cyber defense, critical infrastructure resilience, and strategic competition with China. A Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a 2026 Presidential Leadership Scholar, he holds an MA from Georgetown University and a BA from the University of Michigan.