NSA Selects Three Veterans for Top Cybersecurity Leadership Posts After Year-Long Vacancy

The Record reported on June 1, citing multiple unnamed people familiar with the matter, that NSA has internally selected David Imbordino to permanently lead its Cybersecurity Directorate 1. Holly Baroody, a senior UK-based NSA official and former civilian lead at U.S. Cyber Command, will serve as Imbordino's deputy; both had held their positions in an acting capacity since approximately January 12. The agency also tapped Bruce Jones, a career NSA technical and operational leader, to head the Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, an unclassified hub that coordinates threat intelligence with roughly 1,900 private-sector entities 1. NSA declined to comment; Nextgov/FCW separately corroborated all three selections through two unnamed former senior national security officials who requested anonymity 2.