Rex Booth is the chief information security officer at SailPoint — an identity security company — as well as a non-resident expert at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. In his role as CISO, he leads the full spectrum of cybersecurity strategy and operations at SailPoint, including enterprise security and product security. Rex came to SailPoint from the White House, where he served as a senior policy adviser and the director of stakeholder engagement in the Office of the National Cyber Director. While there, he developed and executed strategies for national-level engagement with private sector and international stakeholders to pursue a more secure and resilient cyberspace. With more than two decades of experience in the cybersecurity domain, Rex has served as the chief of cyber threat analysis at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), CISO of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, and deputy CISO of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in addition to holding various positions at private sector companies including Mandiant, Grant Thornton, and others. Rex holds degrees in political science, computer science, and technology management.