{"id":20866,"date":"2019-08-16T20:47:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T20:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/16\/the-navy-thinks-it-has-a-better-idea-for-a-cio-position\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:09:39","slug":"the-navy-thinks-it-has-a-better-idea-for-a-cio-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2019\/08\/16\/the-navy-thinks-it-has-a-better-idea-for-a-cio-position\/","title":{"rendered":"The Navy thinks it has a better idea for a CIO position"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The effort, announced by Under Secretary Thomas Modly at the Pentagon Aug. 16, is essentially reimagining the service\u2019s chief information officer position. The changes come following a department-wide cybersecurity review that leaders kicked off last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modly said the review\u2019s conclusions \u2015 which the secretary of the Navy commissioned a year ago in response to significant breaches in the Navy\u2019s industrial base \u2015 \u201cpretty forcefully made recommendations that we should organize differently to address this particular threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t