Homeland Security Adds Cybersecurity Position: Secretary Chertoff says IT management is one of his department's six imperatives.

By Larry Greenemeier, InformationWeek, July 13, 2005

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Wednesday laid out a reorganization plan for the department that includes a new assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications. This assistant secretary will report to the undersecretary of the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate, which under the reorganization is now known as the Preparedness Directorate.
The assistant secretary will be responsible for identifying and assessing the vulnerability of critical telecommunications infrastructure and assets. That person also will be called upon to gather critical-infrastructure threat information and lead the national response to cyber and telecommunications attacks, according to information available on Homeland Security's Web site.