Brett Leatherman

Brett Leatherman is the Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, where he leads the agency’s strategy and operations to impose costs on criminal and nation-state actors, consistent with the FBI's role as the lead U.S. Government cyber threat response agency. Prior to this role, Mr. Leatherman held several key leadership positions within the FBI’s Cyber Division, most recently serving as Deputy Assistant Director for Cyber Operations. In this capacity, he led FBI teams responsible for executing high-impact domestic and global operations against cyber adversaries, driving efforts to disrupt malicious actors and prioritize victim engagement. He also served as the Executive Director of the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force. Previously, as Section Chief of National Security Cyber Operations, Mr. Leatherman partnered with the U.S. Intelligence Community, foreign allies, and private sector leaders to spearhead a whole-of-government approach to countering state-sponsored cyb