Melissa Hathaway

Melissa Hathaway
Born	Melissa Ellen Hathaway 1968/1969 (age 42–43)[1]
Alma mater	American University
Occupation	Security consultant
Employer	Booz Allen Hamilton (June 1993–February 2007)

Melissa Hathaway (born 1968/1969) is a private sector cybersecurity expert best known for her work as the Director of the Joint Interagency Cyber Task Force in the at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence during the George W. Bush administration and her six-month role at the National Security Council under the Barack Obama administration.

Career

Melissa Ellen Hathaway was born in 1968 or 1969; she received a B.A. at The American University.^[1] She graduated from the US Armed Forces Staff College with a special certificate in Information Operations.^[2]

Hathaway was employed with consulting firm Evidence Based Research. Her work included developing models for detection of cocaine movement into the United States.

From June 1993 to February 2007,^[1] Hathaway worked for consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, focusing on information operations and long-range strategy and policy support business units. Her work included evaluations of "new force options across the electromagnetic spectrum" and "design and development of novel techniques for mapping social, business, and process and infrastructure relationships."^[3]

Hathaway served as Senior Advisor to the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, and Cyber Coordination Executive. She chaired the National Cyber Study Group (NCSG). In her role at the NCSG, she contributed to the development of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI).^[4] Hathaway was appointed the Director of the Joint Interagency Cyber Task Force in January 2008.

Hathaway was named the Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils on 9 February 2009, and placed in charge of a 60-day inter-agency review of the plan, programs, and activities underway throughout the government dedicated to cyber security.^[5]

Hathaway was expected^[6] to be offered the post of National Cyber Advisor or "Cyber Czar." President Obama promised during the presidential election campaign that he would "declare our cyber-infrastructure a strategic asset, and appoint a National Cyber Advisor who will report directly to [the president]."^[7] On 3 August 2009, it was announced that Ms. Hathaway would return to the private sector, with her resignation taking effect 21 August 2009. She cited "personal reasons" for her departure.^[8][9]

Since Oct 1, 2009, Hathaway serves as senior adviser to Project MINERVA at the Harvard Kennedy School.^[10]

Hathaway is president of Hathaway Global Strategies, her own consulting firm. She also serves as an advisor to companies including Cisco.^[11]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Hathaway Melissa Ellen". Profile. Forbes. http://people.forbes.com/profile/hathaway-melissa-ellen/144813. Retrieved 2011-07-19. 
2. ^ "Cyber Security Breakfast with Melissa Hathaway". Potomac Executive Biz. 2009-01-13. https://www.execbizevents.com/ExecutiveBiz/events/event.php?event_id=141. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
3. ^ "Speaker Biographies: Cyberpower and National Security". National Defense University. http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/NCW_course/Bios_Cyber.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-09. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Obama to name cybersecurity chief". Computer Business Review. 2009-02-09. http://www.cbronline.com/news/obama_to_name_cybersecurity_chief_090209. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
5. ^ "President Obama Directs the National Security and Homeland Security Advisors to Conduct Immediate Cyber Security Review". The White House Press Office. 2009-02-09. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/AdvisorsToConductImmediateCyberSecurityReview/. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
6. ^ "DNI Official To Be Obama Cyber Czar?". National Journal Online: Tech Daily Dose. 2009-02-09. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/02/dni-official-to-be-obama-cyber.php. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
7. ^ "Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Summit on Confronting New Threats". barackobama.com. 2009-06-16. http://www.barackobama.com/2008/07/16/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_95.php. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
8. ^ Gorman, Siobhan (2009-08-03). "White House Acting Cybersecurity Czar Resigns". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124932480886002237.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
9. ^ "US cyber-security tsar steps down". BBC News. 2009-08-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8182931.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-12. 
10. ^ http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529557
11. ^ http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/02/03/melissa-hathaway-to-serve-as-security-adviser-to-cisco/

External links

• Wall Street Journal on Ms. Hathaway: Gorman, Siobhan (2009-02-08). "Hathaway to Head Cybersecurity Post". WSJ.com. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123412824916961127.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
• Federal News Radio on Ms. Hathway: "DNI's Hathaway to lead White House cyber office". Federal News Radio. 2009-02-06. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=1595355. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
• Hathaway's Op Ed in McClatchy-Tribune News Service: "Safeguarding our cyber borders". McClatchy-Tribune News Service as quoted by CTOvision.com. 2008-10-08. http://www.ctovision.com/2008/10/melissa-hathaway-op-ed-on-cyber-security.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09. ^{[dead link]}
• Hathaway on 'Five Myths about Cybersecurity': "Five Myths about Cybersecurity". TheNewNewInternet.com. 2010-02-012. http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/white-papers/. Retrieved 2020-02-12. 

Persondata
Name	Hathaway, Melissa
Alternative names	Hathaway, Melissa Ellen
Short description	Cybersecurity expert
Date of birth	1968/1969
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