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White House Names First Federal Chief Information Security Officer

Friday, September 9th, 2016

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White House Names First Federal Chief Information Security Officer

Brigadier General (Retired) Gregory Touhill, the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Photo: U.S. Air Force.

The White House on Thursday named retired Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in line with the administration’s larger cybersecurity plans.Citing the Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) announced by President Obama in February (Defense Daily, Feb. 9), U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott and J. Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator, announced the appointment, which aims “to drive cybersecurity policy, planning, and implementation across the Federal Government.”Touhill is currently…

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