*** President-elect Joe Biden announced several new personnel selections for his National Security Council, including several with a focus on cybersecurity and infrastructure security. Tarun Chhabra, currently a senior fellow at Georgetown University, will become the senior director for technology and national security at NSC. Caitlin Durkovich, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, will be the senior director for resilience and response. Politico reported this week that Biden will tap Anne Neuberger, a senior official at the National Security Agency, for a top cybersecurity post at NSC.
*** The National Security Agency's Cybersecurity Directorate published its 2020 NSA Cybersecurity Year in Review last weekhighlighting the office's first year as a new directorate in the NSA.
*** The deadline to make Federal 100 nominations has been extended. You now have until Friday, Jan. 15 to get them in.