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Jamil Farshchi

Chief Information Security Officer

Jamil Farshchi is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and has previously served in senior information technology roles in both government and private sectors including Sitel Corporation, NextWave Wireless, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Jamil has numerous publications, including a recent cover article for Chief Security Officer Magazine (CSO). Jamil has been awarded the President’s Council for Integrity and Efficiency Information Technology Excellence award and the NASA Cooperative External Achievement Award, among several others. He has a BBA from University of Oklahoma, a PLD from Harvard Business School, and is currently a Doctoral candidate at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Digital Government

How to move past the FISMA mind-set

Federal agencies are paying a price for trying to minimize all possible information security risks, write two top security officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory.