America Gets Our First CISO
Last week the White House announced the appointment of Gregory Touhill as the nation’s first Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Touhill is a retired Air Force general currently serving as acting director of the National Cyber and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). When I toured the NCCIC operations floor, I wasn’t impressed by the walls of monitors or flashing red lights. What impressed me was the people. They seemed to work as a real team in an int