作者：Mark Pomerleau

据媒体报道：美国海军正通过为海军部长设立一名新的特别助理，负责监督网络安全、数据和信息，在其领导层做出重大改变。

8月16日，美国海军副部长托马斯·莫德利（ThomasModly）在五角大楼宣布，这项措施实质上是重新设想了该军种的首席信息官职位。这些变化是在去年领导们开始的一次全部门的网络安全审查之后发生的。

莫德利表示，这份审查报告的结论——海军部长一年前为应对海军工业基地的重大破坏而委托得出的结论——非常有力地提出了建议，我们应该采取不同的组织方式来应对这种特别的威胁。

莫德利说，作为新机构的一部分，这位部长特别助理将监督以下四个机构：

  • 海军首席技术办公室，负责指导技术基础设施的采办和优先事项；

  • 海军首席数字战略办公室，负责利用应用程序、采用最佳商业实践和管理数字信息，将海军推进数字时代；

  • 海军首席数据办公室，将帮助构建可用于人工智能和分析等领域的数据；

  • 海军首席信息安全/网络安全办公室，将帮助指导海军通过文化转变来改善恶劣的网络卫生，而这正是造成重大破坏的罪魁祸首。

莫德利声称：“这将比我认为的前（海军部）首席信息官办公室更具战略意义。”“这是更广泛的组合安排。这是数字战略，这是数据战略，这是整个主要的技术部分，将驻留在那里。”

美国海军最初的计划——设立一个海军助理部长——被国会否决了。莫迪说，特别助理的角色是B计划。这种新的等级制度不需要立法机构的同意，而且仍然将网络安全、数据和信息的作用提升到一个高级级别。

莫德利说，一个“非常可信”的个人被选中担任特别助理，但拒绝透露姓名。

新办公室将有两名军事副手：海军负责信息战的副作战部长兼海军情报局长马修·科勒副上将和负责信息的副作战部长洛里·雷诺兹中将。这为海军和海军陆战队提供了高级代表。

该办公室有望在几周内正式成立，四个机构将包括大约15至20名政府工作人员。

该办公室还计划利用国会的新授权引进私营部门的人员，允许采取更具竞争力的薪酬，以此来加强社区的专业知识。

原文：

The Navy thinks it has a better idea for a CIO position

The Navy is establishing a special assistant to the secretary, effectively reforming the role of the chief information officer.

The Navy is making major changes at its senior levels by creating a new special assistant to the secretary that will oversee cybersecurity, data and information.

The effort, announced by Under Secretary Thomas Modly at the Pentagon Aug. 16, is essentially reimagining the service’s chief information officer position. The changes come following a department-wide cybersecurity review that leaders kicked off last year.

Modly said the review’s conclusions ― which the secretary of the Navy commissioned a year ago in response to significant breaches in the Navy’s industrial base ― “pretty forcefully made recommendations that we should organize differently to address this particular threat.”

As part of a new setup, Modly said the special assistant will oversee four directorates:

  • The Navy’s chief technology office, which will be responsible for guiding acquisition and priorities around the technical infrastructure;

  • The service’s chief digital strategy office, which will be responsible for moving the Navy into a digital era by leveraging applications, adopting best commercial practices and managing digital information;

  • The Navy’s chief data office, which will help structure data that can be used in areas such as artificial intelligence and analytics;

  • A chief information security/cybersecurity office that will help guide the Navy through a cultural shift to improve poor cyber hygiene, which has been the culprit for major breaches.

“It’s going to be far more strategic than I think the former [Department of Navy] CIO office was,” Modly said. “It’s the broader portfolio. It’s the digital strategy, it’s the data strategy, it’s the whole chief technology piece that will reside underneath there.”

The original plan the Navy had — creating an assistant secretary of the Navy — was rejected by Congress. The special assistant role was plan B, Modly said. This new hierarchy requires no legislation and still elevates the roles of cybersecurity, data and information to a senior level.

Modly said a “very credible” individual has been selected for the special assistant role but declined to offer a name.

The new office will have two military deputies: Vice Adm. Matthew Kohler, deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare and director of naval intelligence, and Lt. Gen. Lori Reynolds, deputy commandant for information. This provides representation for the Navy and Marine Corps at senior levels.

The office, which Modly hopes to formally establish in weeks, will include about 15 to 20 government staff through the four directorates.

The office also plans to bring in personnel from the private sector by taking advantage of new authorities from Congress that allow for more competitive compensation as a way to bolster expertise in the community.

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