Obama Appoints Federal Chief Information Security Officer

The Obama Administration today appointed Brigadier General Gregory J. Touhill as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer.

The White House statement said the appointment of a federal CISO is a “key feature” of the White House’s Cybersecurity National Action Plan that it announced in February21 ECLR 214, 2/17/16, 15 PVLR 317, 2/15/16, 08 HITR 07, 2/15/16, 27 Privacy Law Watch, 2/10/16, See previous story, 02/10/16, 2016 TLN 20, 3/1/16, 27 CARE, 2/10/16. As CISO, Touhill will “drive cybersecurity policy, planning, and implementation across the Federal Government,” according to the statement posted on the White House blog.

Touhill is the deputy assistant secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications ...