Former U.S. cybersecurity director Hathaway lands at Harvard
Monday, October 12, 2009
Melissa Hathaway, who resigned in August as acting senior director for cyberspace at the National Security Council, has joined the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs as a senior advisor to its cybersecurity initiative.
Hathaway served under President George W. Bush and led the 60-day cybersecurity review under President Obama that recommended the appointment of a White House cybersecurity official - a cyber czar - to replace her.
Obama has still not appointed a top White House cybersecurity official - reportedly, several people including former Virginia Senator Tom Davis have turned the administration's job offers down.
Harvard said its Belfer Center's Project Minerva, which Hathaway will join, is a joint effort between the Department of Defense, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.
"I believe the United States must take a broader and more active leadership position abroad to drive the future security of this global infrastructure and help galvanize the establishment of norms of behavior in cyberspace," Hathaway said.
As director of the Joint Interagency Cyber Task Force within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from March 2007 to February 2009 under Presidents Bush and Obama, Hathaway led efforts at developing a cybersecurity strategy on an "unprecedented scope and scale," Harvard said. 
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