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Reuters reported that Retired Air Force Brigadier Gregory Touhill will be appointed as the first federal cyber-security chief by the White House. His specific task for this position will be dictating cyber security policy for the whole U.S federal government officials. It was a long time awaiting announcement due to the U.S networks experienced a number of distracting and shameful attacks last year. The U.S President Barak Obama promised to boost up efforts for the U.S federal cyber security and formed a commission on advancement the Natioal Cyber-Security and announced the Cyber-Security National Action Plan. He also guaranteed to bring a Federal Chief Information Security Officer to support and protect the U.S systems for future inconvenience.

Most of the experts believe that a retired airman is a most perfect option. The resume of Touhill has a handsome list for the position of information technology & cyber-security management. Touhill also has an excellent history of having high-profile IT roles in the U.S Air Force. He performed his duty in the Homeland Security Department as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Cyber-Security & Communications. He performed a role in developing the presidential National Cyber-Security Plan, which also created new position for him. He also responded last year to the OPM data breach that cracked the personal information of more than 20 million employees of the federal government. The White House hasn’t yet officially announced his appointment, but the sources of Reuter informed that Touhill has been selected and he will take charge of this position in the last week of this month.