Bruce McConnell is DHS’s third senior cybersecurity official to leave DHS this year. McConnell is one of DHS’s top theorists on cybersecurity. McConnell’s decision comes a week after Janet Napolitano announced her intent to resign as secretary in September. McConnell led the development and oversaw the implementation of high-priority initiatives, including an executive order on improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity and a presidential policy directive on critical infrastructure and security resilience. A report in The Hill newspaper quotes two unnamed sources with knowledge about the job as saying that Phyllis Schneck is McConnell’s likely successor.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/another-senior-cybersecurity-leader-to-exit-dhs-a-5921