Washington - The White House named on Thursday a retired Air Force general as the first federal head of government cybersecurity, an office announced eight months ago that aims to improve defenses against hackers.
The work of Gregory Touhill will be to protect networks and critical infrastructure from cyber threats of government as primarily responsible for federal information security, according to a statement.
The Obama administration has made the strengthening of federal cybersecurity a priority of the last year of the president in office. The issue gained more attention due to the impact of violations in recent years against the government and the private sector.
More recently, US intelligence officials have suspected that Russia is responsible for violations of political organizations of the Democratic Party and electoral systems.
They believe that the Russians may be trying to influence the US presidential election, a charge the Kremlin denies.
President Obama announced the new office in February along with a budget proposal to Congress asking for $ 19 billion for cybersecurity government.
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