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Michael J. Duffy
Branch Chief, Of ce of Cybersecurity and Communications
Department of Homeland Security
Cybersecurity at scale. Duffy’s abil- ity to lead interagency cybersecurity efforts across DHS and with the White House and agency partners has led
to steep declines in high-value asset vulnerabilities in the past year and
a 99 percent decrease in vulnerabili- ties on internet-facing systems. His work to improve the way DHS issues and oversees cyber directives across the federal government has helped agencies hone and streamline their cyber protection plans so that they can implement strong email authen- tication and stronger web security in weeks instead of years.
Alan Evans
Principal Deputy Comptroller
Department of State
State of modernization. For some- one without a computer science background, Evans certainly made a mark on State Department IT in 2017. He oversaw major modernization upgrades to the department’s bud-
get system, helped implement a new business intelligence platform and
led a two-year effort to integrate the department’s procurement and nan- cial management systems. According to Evans, the technical challenges presented by those endeavors were not nearly as dif cult to navigate as managing staff expectations. “Never underestimate the amount of time and effort that needs to go into change management,” he said.
Joshua M. Franklin
IT Security Engineer, Applied Cybersecurity Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The standard-setter. Franklin liter- ally wrote the book on mobile device security. He had a huge impact last year as one of the authors of NIST’s Mobile Threat Catalogue, and he was responsible for setting the stan-
dards for cybersecurity in a series of hot-button policy areas. In 2018, the Election Assistance Commission is poised to adopt the rst major update to voluntary security standards for
the nation’s voting machines since 2005, with Franklin as the principal developer. “It’s a constant challenge to make requirements that are detailed enough to have an impact but also apply to 55 states and jurisdictions,” he said.
Adrian Gardner
CIO
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The disaster artist. When local communications infrastructure
broke down in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Gardner pushed FEMA to embrace a “surviv- able communications” strategy by shipping satellite phones and low- frequency communication devices to local of cials so they could operate effectively in a disaster environment. He also instituted new derived cre- dentials for FEMA mobile devices and fought off an upsurge in cyberattacks from opportunistic hackers look-
ing to take advantage of the chaos.
“Adversaries see that kind of response coming from an agency, and they look at that as an opportunity to throw all they can at you,” Gardner said.
Vice Adm.
Michael M. Gilday
Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and U.S. Tenth Fleet
U.S. Navy
More than good ideas. Thanks to Gilday’s leadership, the Navy achieved full operational capability for all 40 Cyber Mission Force teams one year ahead of schedule. He also increased the realism of cyberspace operations in combatant command exercises, implemented plans to advance the Navy’s use of cloud-based technology, streamlined operational processes
for patching and response actions in the face of threatening malware such as WannaCry, and initiated two new rapid development programs sup- porting network situational aware- ness and defense. “His leadership and experience are unmatched in bringing cyber effects to the ght,” said Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett, director of the Navy Cybersecurity Division.
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