He’s also leaving ONCD, where he’s served as deputy national cyber director.

"For the first time in history, the civilian government, we have a comprehensive inventory of our asymmetric cryptography across all the agencies and their critical systems," said…

The long-awaited bill seeks to improve cybersecurity coordination between agencies and codify the role of the federal CISO.

A spokesperson confirmed the appointment and said the IT leader will start work on Oct. 10.

The role is currently politically appointed but does not have statutory authority.

Chris DeRusha says he is toying with the idea of a tour-of-duty model to attract cybersecurity talent to government.

GSA, OPM and the Department of Education are among the recipients of a $311M distribution from the central fund.

The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program director and federal chief information security officer intend to participate in the Zero Trust Working Group.

Sandoval appears to have taken over the vacant federal CISO role, bringing with him a controversial past serving the Trump administration.

The CIO would become a presidentially appointed position that reports directly the Office of Management and Budget director, instead of the deputy director.