Aastha Verma is the lead for the Classified Analytics Services Environment (CASE) and previously served as the Branch Chief in Vulnerability Management at the Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Agency (CISA), the nation's cyber defense agency. She's currently on detail from the Office of the Technical Director in the Cyber Security Division for the Joint Collaborative Environment, or JCE,  commissioned by Congress in the aftermath of SolarWinds. Her current role is to stand up a new program to meet the classified needs of the agency in partnership with the intelligence community.

Ms. Verma joined CISA in September 2019 and has led strategy, implementation, and the realization of mission value by advancing new capabilities and creating a flexible ecosystem of technology products and services to enable CISA's vast and evolving mission. Before serving in her current role, Ms. Verma served as a Senior Solutions Architect at Salesforce, where she managed impact-driven solutions for the Executive Office of the President, USCIS and AARP. Ms. Verma has also served as a Chief Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she led two well recognized initiatives Recretion.gov and Benefits.gov. As Chief Product Officer for Catalyst, a DC based political data science firm,  she also provided tools and key data insights for the 2008, 2012 elections. ​

A graduate of the University of Maryland, Ms. Verma has held leadership positions virtually everywhere she has served. She is passionate about giving young women the self-confidence to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), and is the co-author of the several books on product development, marketing and cybersecurity. She also serves as president and alumni of the American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin’s Washington, D.C., Chapter. ​