FORMER CYBER CHIEF WEIGHS IN

Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cyber chief Suzanne Spaulding, a key official involved in addressing efforts by Russian agents to interfere in the 2016 elections, is calling for renewed focus on disinformation and civics education.

Spaulding served as undersecretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), which was renamed and restructured to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in 2018.

Her service there came as part of a decades-long career in the federal government dedicated to combating cybersecurity and other national security threats.