DHS’ Coose leaving for the private sector

From: FederalNewsRadio.com 1500AM

By Jason Miller

Matt Coose, the director of the Homeland Security Department’s National  Cybersecurity Division’s Federal Network Security Branch, is leaving government  after seven years.

DHS sources confirm Coose’s last day is July 14. He plans to join the private  sector, but sources didn’t have any details of where he was going.

Sources say Danny Toler would assume Coose’s responsibilities at least in the  interim. Toler joined DHS in April as the director of Federal Network  Resilience. He came to DHS from the State Department.

Coose’s departure continues the revolving door at the Office of Cybersecurity and  Communications in DHS.

Since January, four senior executives have come to DHS, and since the fall, almost  the entire management teamthat oversees cybersecurity in the  National Programs and Protections Directorate (NPPD) is new.

Meanwhile, over the last year, DHS lost five senior officials. Phil  Reitinger, the deputy undersecretary of NPPD; Greg  Schaffer, the assistant secretary in the Office of Cybersecurity and  Communications; Sean McGurk, the director of the National Cybersecurity and  Communications Integration Center in NPPD and Nicole Dean, the director of the  National Cybersecurity Division, all left for new jobs in the private sector,  while Adm. Michael Brown, the director for Cybersecurity Coordination, retiredafter 32 years in government.

Coose has been the director of the Federal Network Security Branchfor more than three years. In  that role, he helped implement the Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) initiative,  developed updated metrics for the Federal Information Security Management Act  (FISMA), including continuous monitoring, and oversaw a host of other cyber  related programs.

He previously worked as the director of the engineering project management office  at DHS.

Coose graduated from West Point in 1991.

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