In the past year, the State Department has taken a much deeper focus on its cybersecurity, and at the heart of that effort has been Donna Bennett, enterprise chief information security officer for the department. Bennett has been instrumental in not only leading State’s implementation of its cybersecurity strategy and the move to zero trust but also in the stand-up of the department’s new Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
Golden Gov: Federal Executive of the Year Leslie Beavers, who served as the principal deputy CIO for the Department of Defense since May 2023, stepped in as…