Jordan Kuchta

Jordan Kuchta is an associate in Steptoe's Washington, DC office and is a member of the firm's Cybersecurity & Incident Response practice. Jordan advises clients on cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, and national security matters.

Prior to joining Steptoe, Jordan served as a lead attorney supporting the National Security Agency's (NSA) Cybersecurity Collaboration Center and AI Security Center, where he advised on cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, ethics, and government contracting matters. He negotiated information-sharing agreements with companies across critical industry sectors, including telecommunications, defense, semiconductors, and financial services, and provided counsel on the implementation of executive orders, national security directives, and federal cybersecurity requirements. Jordan also advised NSA's Principal and Deputy Principal to the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) on intelligence, cybersecurity, and supply chain risk matters.

His work at NSA included advising on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015), the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA), the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 (FASCSA), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.

While at NSA, Jordan also served as a Special Assistant US Attorney for the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland, where he prosecuted federal misdemeanors. Earlier in his career, he advised on technology regulation, privacy, cybersecurity, antitrust, communications law, and congressional oversight while in roles with a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, a US senator's office, Under Armour's Global Privacy team, and the Future of Privacy Forum.

Jordan holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) and Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) certifications from the IAPP.