President Biden has nominated Harry Cocker, Jr. for National Cyber Director. From 2017 to 2019, Coker served as the Executive Director of the NSA.

Chad LeMaire has been hired as CSO at Echelon Risk + Cyber. LeMaire is a senior cybersecurity executive and CIO with more than 30 years of experience.

Security leaders share thoughts on the National Cybersecurity Strategy released by the Biden Administration, designed to expand and improve standards.

Doug Clare has been appointed Head of Cyber Strategy at ISS Corporate Solutions, Inc. Clare has more than 25 years of cyber risk experience.

Christopher Walcutt has been promoted to Chief Security Officer at DirectDefense. Walcutt will partner with internal teams across all levels.

 Cyber breaches knows no boundaries and doesn’t discriminate based on business size. For example, a study by the National Cyber Security Alliance shows that even though 66 percent of the small businesses surveyed relied on the Internet on a daily basis and 69 percent handled sensitive data, only 23 percent had a written policy and procedure Internet security guide for their employees. Only 37 percent provided Internet safety training to their employees, and only 50 percent had a cybersecurity plan to keep their business secure.