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Greg Sisson has been named permanent chief information security officer at the
Department of Energy. He had been serving as acting CISO for six months prior to his permanent appointment. Sisson has previously served at Energy as deputy CISO and director of cyber operations.
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National Security Agencyissued guidance last week on the implementation of zero trust principles as a cybersecurity model. "Embracing a zero trust security model, and re-engineering an existing information system based on this security model, is a strategic effort that will take time to achieve full benefits," the document states. "It is not a tactical mitigation response to new adversary tools, tactics, and techniques."