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Joel Thacker, fire safety and security professional, has been named the new Executive Director of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

With news of supply chain failures around the globe, security leaders have acted to protect and assess the risk of their own supply chains. 

Research from Black Kite, "Centralizing Supply Chain Cybersecurity: U.S. Federal Government Risk in 2022," found that 32% of defense contractors are vulnerable to ransomware.

Brindha McDonald has been named Chief Security Officer (CSO) at the U.K. Government Property Agency, leading infrastructure security and personnel security efforts.

Georgetown University's Center on Privacy & Technology released a report detailing facial recognition technology use and driver's license searches conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE).

Michael Mestrovich, former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the CIA, has been named CISO at Rubrik, a data security firm.

Mike McPherson, experienced law enforcement and security veteran, has been named Senior Vice President of Security Operations at ReliaQuest.

Cybersecurity leader Jeffrey Aguilar has been named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the County of Los Angeles.

Pro-Russia hacker group Killnet has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on many Italian institutions, declaring "war" on 10 countries including the United States.

A study from General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) measured zero trust maturity in federal agencies since the Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity was released in May 2021.