The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium [(ISC)2(R)], the non-profit global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers, today announced it has appointed Jane Scott Norris, chief information security officer (CISO) at the Department of State, to be the new co-chair of the (ISC)2 U.S. Government Advisory Board for Cyber Security.
Norris will take on the role of board co-chair, a position recently filled by Bruce A. Brody, former associate CIO for cyber security at the Department of Energy (retired) who is still planning to remain on the board as an active member. Lynn McNulty, CISSP, director of government affairs for (ISC)2, will continue to act as the board's other co-chair.
The (ISC)2 U.S. Government Advisory Board for Cyber Security is a 20- member volunteer board made up of senior-level government security executives and managers who provide insight and advice to (ISC)2 on government policies and programs that affect the information security profession, as well as certifications for U.S. government cyber security professionals.
"I am very much looking forward to having Jane as my co-chair in performing the Government Advisory Board's very important work," McNulty stated. "The combination of her expertise in government personnel practices and information security issues is truly unique. Jane also brings a great enthusiasm for both areas of government operations to her new leadership role."
Norris is the first CISO at the State Department and a career member of the senior foreign service. As CISO, she is responsible for the department's cyber security program and also serves as director of the Office of Information Assurance. Her accomplishments include transforming a fledgling security organization into a professionally qualified, process-oriented, results-achieving team; starting from scratch and leading the State Department strategy to meet OMB's mandate for authorization of all legacy systems within 18 months. Following the successful authorization of State's inventory of systems, (ISC)2 asked Norris to provide the subject matter experts to develop the Certification and Accreditation Professional (CAP(CM)) credential. For the past two years, Norris was recognized as one of the top five security executives in the country in CSI's Information Security Executive of the Year program.
Norris earlier served as senior adviser for strategic personnel issues for the Deputy CIO at State, devising the federal best practice of IT skills incentive pay. For much of her career, Norris provided security and systems expertise for American embassies around the world, including as information management officer in London, England and Islamabad, Pakistan; regional systems manager in Pretoria, South Africa; and systems manager in Kinshasa, Zaire. Prior to government service, Norris worked in IT in the aerospace industry.
