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Former DNC CISO Bob Lord Joins CISA Cybersecurity Division

The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added former DNC security chief Bob Lord to its roster of technical advisors.

The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added former DNC security chief Bob Lord to its roster of technical advisors.

Lord, a veteran information security leader with prior stints at the Democratic National Committee and Yahoo, has joined CISA as a Senior Technical Advisor within the Agency’s Cybersecurity Division, the agency announced on Monday.

“Bob and I share both a passion for helping Americans stay safe online and a dedication to raising the cybersecurity baseline across the nation. I’m super excited for the creativity he’ll bring to the team,” said CISA director Jen Easterly. 

[ READ:  Why Are Users Ignoring Multi-Factor Authentication? ]

Lord said his work at CISO will focus on making basic cyber practices accessible to all Americans.

Lord, who has focused his public advocacy on the value of MFA (multi-factor authentication) and the reduction of memory corruption vulnerabilities, previously worked as the DNC’s first ever Chief Security Officer following the disclosure of major breaches linked to the Russian government. 

Before the DNC, he was Chief Information Security Officer at Yahoo and CISO-in-Residence at Rapid 7.

Related: Former Yahoo CISO Bob Lord Joins DNC 

Related: Yahoo! Names Bob Lord as New CISO

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Ryan Naraine is Editor-at-Large at SecurityWeek and host of the popular Security Conversations podcast series. He is a security community engagement expert who has built programs at major global brands, including Intel Corp., Bishop Fox and GReAT. Ryan is a founding-director of the Security Tinkerers non-profit, an advisor to early-stage entrepreneurs, and a regular speaker at security conferences around the world.

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