Posted on 02/24/2025 8:13:55 AM PST by Fish Speaker
WASHINGTON — Former chief information security officer (CISO) for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense is headed back to the Pentagon — this time as DoD’s CISO — following her previous suspension from the department for allegedly disclosing classified data.
Katie Arrington served as a state lawmaker for South Carolina and had an unsuccessful bid for Congress before taking her post in 2019 as the chief information officer for A&S during President Donald Trump’s first administration. She played an active role in standing up the department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program before she was put on administrative leave in May 2021 after the National Security Agency suspended her security clearance for allegedly sharing top secret information to a defense contractor.
Arrington announced her new role on Tuesday night with a LinkedIn post.
Following Arrington’s suspension, she resigned in February 2022 because of the DoD’s decision to move the CMMC program from the office of acquisition and sustainment to its Chief Information Office, according to a resignation letter obtained by SC Media. She contended in the letter that her suspension was “politically influenced” and maintained that such claims of disclosing classified information were false.
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Bkmk
Without the coronal discharge.
I’m not familiar with her case. I do hope that those who refused the jab and were fired, and those who lost their jobs due to conservative views will be brought back to fill the positions of disgruntled employees. Move them to the front of the line.
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