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Verizon Taps Marcus Sachs as New Head of Government Affairs for National Security Policy

Via UPI.

One of the nation's leading cybersecurity experts has been named Verizon Inc.'s executive director of government affairs for national security policy.

Marcus Sachs, formerly Washington head of SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory, was named Tuesday in a statement from Verizon.

In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Sachs was appointed by President Bush as director of communication infrastructure protection on the National Security Council staff. He later became the Department of Homeland Security's first cyber program director, in which post he developed the initial concept for the department's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT.

Sachs will represent Verizon on cybersecurity policy matters in government task forces, industry working groups, formal committees and industry trade associations, at the national level in Washington, said the statement.

posted by Fergie @ 1/30/2008 06:15:00 PM