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Katie Arrington

Members of the 56th Air and Space Communications Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam operate cyber systems using a Enhanced communications flyaway kit during the Global Information Dominance Experiment 3 and Architect Demonstration Evaluation 5 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, July, 12, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amy Picard)

DOD CIO solicits industry to inform revamp of ‘cumbersome’ cybersecurity risk framework

The Pentagon CIO is seeking industry feedback on a new construct that will modernize the notoriously burdensome Risk Management Framework.
Katie Arrington, the senior official performing the duties of Pentagon CIO, testifies at a congressional hearing, May 8, 2025. (Screenshot from video of a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing)

Post-Signalgate, Pentagon CIO prioritizes secure platforms for sensitive instant messaging

DOD is moving to accelerate government and military leaders’ access to trustworthy options for communicating sensitive, real-time information, according to the official performing the duties of Pentagon…
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Katie Arrington conducts a speaking and Q&A session during Virtual Engagement for COMDEF 2020, September 29, 2020, in the Pentagon. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard)

Pentagon CIO calls for more offensive cyber capability

Katie Arrington said her role is to help alleviate policies that are hindering DOD personnel from countering adversaries.
Republican House of Representatives candidate Katie Arrington speaks to supporters during a midterm primary election night party on June 14, 2022 in Summerville, South Carolina. Arrington, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump lost to incumbent Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Katie Arrington named acting Pentagon CIO

Katie Arrington was announced Monday as the Pentagon's official "Performing the Duties of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer."
Katie Arrington speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2020. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

Katie Arrington returns to DOD as CISO

Arrington comes back to the Pentagon where she was the chief information security officer for the department's acquisition and sustainment organization during the first Trump administration.
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