{"id":34499,"date":"2024-02-02T20:08:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T20:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/02\/air-forces-haugh-set-to-take-lead-at-nsa-cyber-command\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:38:08","slug":"air-forces-haugh-set-to-take-lead-at-nsa-cyber-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2024\/02\/02\/air-forces-haugh-set-to-take-lead-at-nsa-cyber-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force\u2019s Haugh set to take lead at NSA, Cyber Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new boss is headed to the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After more than five years atop the country\u2019s premier intelligence agency and cyber-fighting organization, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone<\/a> was scheduled Feb. 2 to pass the torch to Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The change-of-command ceremony at Fort Meade, Maryland, was not livestreamed, and a request for comment made to CYBERCOM was not immediately answered. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks was scheduled to attend and speak at the event, according to a Pentagon travel advisory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haugh previously served as the deputy at CYBERCOM, tasked with guarding sensitive Defense Department information and coordinating digital operations. He also served as the commander of the Cyber National Mission Force<\/a>, which has deployed more than 55 times to 27 countries \u2014 including Ukraine, ahead of Russia\u2019s invasion, and Albania, in the wake of Iranian hacks \u2014 to identify network weakness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Joe Biden tapped Haugh for the post in May. The process, though, was paralyzed by a hold on all senior military nominations enacted by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican.<\/p>\n\n\n\t