Helping Agencies Measure Security Posture and Establish Meaningful Cybersecurity Performance Goals
Alexandria, Va. (PRWEB) June 26, 2014 -- The Performance Institute (PI) is very proud to announce Alma R. Cole as a 2014 Performance Fellow. Cole, a senior leader with vast experience managing cybersecurity organizations within the Department of Homeland Security, is named as PI’s Cybersecurity Fellow.
“Given our dependence on technology at no time has cybersecurity been more important or more in the headlines; however, organizations continue to struggle to understand and manage cyber risk. The dynamic nature of cyber threats and vulnerabilities require ongoing adaptation of defenses. The best of breed technologies should be combined with processes and procedures which are optimized for each individual organization so that cyber risk management activities are integrated into the lifeblood of the organization,” says Cole.
PI Fellows provide thought leadership, strategic direction, and hands-on expertise in expanding the Institute’s work; advancing its mission to meet the critical issues and challenges facing organizations and governments.
“Mr. Cole supports and participates in the Council on Cyber Security,” explains PI’s Executive Director, Bruce Anich. “ He is a key participant on the panel that was responsible for updating the Critical Security Controls and helped to facilitate sessions with The Performance Institute. We at PI are extremely excited to have Mr. Cole help us support the use of the Critical Security Controls as a Framework Profile to support organizations that are adopting the National Institute of Standards and Technology Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.”
Cole, who served as the Chief Systems Security Officer for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Department of Homeland Security, says, “I am extremely honored to join PI as a 2014 fellow. Recent years have seen an alarming rise in cyber threat activity designed to disrupt our country’s critical infrastructure and steal sensitive information from both the U.S. government and private sector. My goal is to help organizations address these challenges with an effective and comprehensive cyber strategy and develop strategic priorities and architectures to provide resiliency against cyber attacks and espionage.”
Find out more about The Performance Institute Fellows: http://www.performanceinstitute.org/fellows/.
About The Performance Institute
Called “the leading think tank in performance measurement for government” on OMB’s ExpectMore.gov, The Performance Institute has been a leader in Performance Management training and policy since 2000. As part of the Government Performance Coalition, a group of good government organizations, the Institute works to share best practices, work with limited budgets and improve efficiency in government to improve delivery of citizen services. The Performance Institute publishes research reports regarding performance management initiatives and trains more than 10,000 government managers per year on performance-based topics. Dedicated to improving citizen services and taxpayer transparency, the Institute uses a best-practices foundation to deliver the most effective and tested methodologies for improving performance. http://www.performanceinstitute.org
Cathy Cecere, Performance Institute, http://www.performanceinstitute.org, +1 7813070549, [email protected]
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