Andy Ozment stepping down from DHS cyber job

Fedscoop: Andy Ozment, one of the leaders of the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber efforts, will leave the department Jan. 7 — the first of a wave of expected departures from key posts as the transition gets underway.

A department official confirmed Ozment’s departure to CyberScoop, adding that his deputy, Danny Toler, would replace him.

Ozment has been DHS’s assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications since April 2014, according to his LinkedIn page. Prior to that, he held a number of posts in the White House, DHS and the Defense Department, dating back to January 2008.

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