The U.S. National Security Agency has appointed Rob Joyce as the agency’s new director of cybersecurity, who has long experience in US cybersecurity

The National Security Agency (NSA) has appointed US cybersecurity official Rob Joyce as the new chief of the Cybersecurity Directorate. Joyce served as the NSA’s top representative in the UK since 2018, he is the successor of Anne Neuberger, who recently appointed Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology for the National Security Council (NSC). Neuberger was the director of the directorate since its creation in 2019.

Joyce also served as senior advisor to the NSA director on cybersecurity strategy.

We are pleased to announce Rob Joyce as our next @NSACyber Director and are excited about the expertise he brings to continue the #cybersecurity mission! pic.twitter.com/IQHnM9OwLN— NSA/CSS (@NSAGov) January 15, 2021Joyce has previously held other roles at the NSA, including chief of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), now Computer Network Operations, which is a cyber-warfare intelligence-gathering unit of the National Security Agency (NSA).

Rob Joyce also served as deputy director of the Information Assurance Directorate (IAD).

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, NSA)

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