Senior Cybersecurity Director Andy Ozment will leave the White...

Senior Cybersecurity Director Andy Ozment will leave the White House to become assistant secretary of homeland security for cybersecurity and communications, DHS officials said Wednesday in a blog post. Ozment will head the National Protection and Programs Directorate’s (NPPD) Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, which will be leading DHS work on implementation of President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order, including industry use of the National Institute of Standards and Technology-created Cybersecurity Framework, DHS said. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill will become DHS deputy assistant secretary-cybersecurity operations and programs, said Phyllis Schneck, DHS deputy undersecretary-cybersecurity and communications, and Suzanne Spaulding, DHS deputy undersecretary-NPPD. Roberta Stempfley, who was acting DHS assistant secretary-cybersecurity and communications, will become deputy assistant secretary-cybersecurity strategy and emergency communications (http://xrl.us/bqppcc). Ozment will join DHS April 7. Former FCC Public Safety Bureau Chief Jamie Barnett, now co-chairman of Venable’s telecom and cybersecurity practice, said in a statement that Ozment “has done a superb job” leading development and implementation of Obama’s cybersecurity executive order, which mandated creation of the Cybersecurity Framework. Ozment’s work on the implementation has “has dramatically strengthened the public-private partnership on cybersecurity,” Barnett said.