Jennifer Gallagher

Jennifer Gallagher serves as the Operational Technology Cybersecurity Lead in the Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Railroad Systems and Technology, where she leads efforts to strengthen the safety and cybersecurity of operational technology critical to the national rail network. In this role, she developed FRA’s Strategic Framework for Ensuring Rail Safety Through Cyber Resilience to align safety and cyber defense across federal and private rail partners. Her technical focus centers on minimizing safety consequences across both legacy infrastructure and emerging technologies, from evaluating engineered fail-safes on existing train systems to embedding operational cyber requirements into next-generation rail regulations. Prior to joining FRA, Ms. Gallagher worked in the U.S. Intelligence Community, analyzing adversarial cyber threats to transportation and related critical infrastructure essential to mobilizing and sustaining the U.S. Joint Force. Earlier in her career, she ma