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posted by martyb on Saturday September 10 2016, @02:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the responsibility-WITH-authority-and-funding? dept.

US president Barack Obama has named the nation's first ever Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

Brigadier General (retired) Gregory J. Touhill has accepted the gig. He previously served as deputy assistant secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications in the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications at the Department of Homeland Security, where it was his job to work on "development and implementation of operational programs designed to protect our government networks and critical infrastructure." Along the way he opined that cybergeddon scenarios might be a bit overblown.

Tick the boxes for "relevant experience" and "doesn't fall for hype"!

The White House TEXT announcement of Touhill's appointment, penned by US CIO Tony Scott and cybersecurity coordinator J. Michael Daniel has the usual nice things to say about the new hire and say the job's goal is "to drive cybersecurity policy, planning, and implementation across the Federal Government."

Will the new CISO take immediate steps to shut down Diebold voting machines to safeguard the integrity of the upcoming American Presidential election?


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  • (Score: 2) by Gravis on Saturday September 10 2016, @06:09PM

    by Gravis (4596) on Saturday September 10 2016, @06:09PM (#400056)

    so, how much experience does this retired general have with technology? yep, we're super fucked.

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  • (Score: 1) by i286NiNJA on Sunday September 11 2016, @10:35PM

    by i286NiNJA (2768) on Sunday September 11 2016, @10:35PM (#400404)

    I came here to boo and throw tomatoes but I checked out his creds and this guy has a masters degree in CIS (In the 80s before it was cool), a bunch of related military experience, and for whatever it's worth the whole bag of typical random middle aged manager turned head of cybersecurity certifications.

    Not quite the blackhat kid turned proven CEO that we'd like but still much better than I expected.