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The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is launching a 30-day cybersecurity sprint tomorrow – Sept. 4 – in partnership with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). […]

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Nearly one year after the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) issued its National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES), the office released a report today outlining the progress to date and the next steps in building the nation’s cyber workforce. […]

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) announced today that it is building a pilot reciprocity framework to be used in a critical infrastructure subsector which will give ONCD “valuable insights” into how to best design a harmonized cybersecurity regulatory approach. […]

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National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker is promising a strong effort by the Federal government to shore up internet router security – particularly in the area of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) rules that determine the best network route for data transmission on the internet – in light of attacks over the past 15 years that have leveraged weak BGP security. […]

The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released a report today showing the United States’ cybersecurity posture has improved over the last year, driven by progress on the administration’s March 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS). […]

Deputy National Cyber Director (NCD) for Technology and Ecosystem Security Camille Stewart Gloster will be departing her White House post on Tuesday, an NCD spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]

The Biden-Harris administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy turned one year old on March 2, and the White House’s cyber lead touted that his office has been “working tirelessly” to coordinate implementation of the sweeping policy document. […]

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During his first public address in Washington, D.C., today, the White House’s newly confirmed National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker keyed on several initiatives ONCD has in the works to further implement President Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS). […]

The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) published its 2023 End of Year Report on the Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I) this week, highlighting four key areas the group made progress in over the last year. […]

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Former Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) senior staffer Jeff Rothblum has landed a new cyber leadership position at the White House. […]

In his first public event since swearing in as national cyber director (NCD) late last year, Harry Coker this week announced several initiatives to “aggressively” fill vacant cyber positions within the Federal government, including conducting a series of cyber hiring sprints. […]

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Drenan Dudley, the deputy national cyber director (NCD) for strategy and budget, has been chosen to lead the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) in an acting capacity upon the departure of Acting NCD Kemba Walden today.   […]

Days before Acting National Cyber Director (NCD) Kemba Walden is slated to resign from her post at the White House, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee favorably reported Biden’s nomination, Harry Coker, to the full Senate today on a vote of 9-6. […]

Kemba Walden, Principal Deputy National Cyber Director, Office of the National Cyber Director
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The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has hired Daniel Ragsdale to serve as its deputy assistant director for workforce and education to help spearhead implementation of the White House’s brand-new National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES). […]

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Kemba Walden, acting director at the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (OCND), has withdrawn her name from consideration for the permanent National Cyber Director position, an ONCD spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]

Kemba Walden, Principal Deputy National Cyber Director, Office of the National Cyber Director

The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP) today, putting 18 agencies on the hook for 69 “high-impact” initiatives to be completed between now and fiscal year (FY) 2026. […]

The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) and the National Space Council convened government and industry leaders this week to discuss bolstering cybersecurity in the space systems ecosystem, and the White House tasked several Federal agencies with new marching orders to start pushing toward that goal. […]

The White House is targeting June to release its implementation plan for the National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) unveiled earlier this month, an Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk.  […]

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