Cybersecurity Group Creates Government Advisory PanelCybersecurity Group Creates Government Advisory Panel

A cybersecurity certification group has created a government advisory board. Thirteen senior-level federal managers have been named charter members of the Government Advisory Board For Cyber-Security established by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, known as ISC2.

The board will advise ISC2 executives on information-security policies and trends and recommend standards for certifying government cybersecurity pros.

About 10,000 of the 17,000 certified information systems security professionals worldwide live in the United States, with about 1,800 employed by the federal government or on active duty in the military. Government represents the largest single industry group with such certification.

All of the charter members of the advisory panel are certified IS security professionals and come from federal agencies. The group may eventually add members from local and state governments, as well as the private sector.

The board will be co-chaired by Bruce Brody, associate deputy assistant secretary for cyber- and information security at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Lynn McNulty, ISC2 government affairs director and board member.

The other charter board members are Barbara Cuffie, principal security officer, Office of Systems, Social Security Administration; Nancy DeFrancesco, IT security manager, Department of Commerce; Arthur Friedman, National Security Agency liaison to the Defense Information Systems Agency; Joan Hash, manager, Security, Management and Guidance Group, Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; Kim Johnson, senior policy analyst, Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; Louis Magnotti, director, Information Systems Security, House of Representatives; Roger Mahach, departmental security manager, Department of the Interior; Jerry Ormaner operational security program manager, Telecommunications Services Staff, Department of Justice; Marti Pickens, senior policy analyst, Office of the Chief Information Assurance Executive, Defense Information Systems Agency; John R. Rossi, computer scientist for information security and training, Office of the Chief Scientist for IT, Federal Aviation Administration; C. Michael Smith, deputy chief, Operation Network Evaluation Division, Information Assurance Directorate, National Security Agency; and G.E. Woodford III, director, Computer and Telecommunications Security, Bureau of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.