FDIC Announces Personnel Changes — 2017-10-19

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced several personnel changes. The FDIC Board has appointed Howard Whyte as Chief Information Officer. Mr. Whyte has more than 20 years of information technology and security experience in the federal government, military, and private sector. Since January 2017, Mr. Whyte has been the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the FDIC. In that role, he has worked to reduce cybersecurity risk by implementing a 24/7 Security Operations Center, incorporating threat intelligence into security operations, and working with the Divisions and Offices to address IT security challenges. Prior to joining the FDIC, Mr. Whyte led the Threat Management Center at Goldman Sachs, focusing on cybersecurity detection, protection, response, and recovery on a global scale. Previously, he served as CISO and deputy CISO at NASA. Earlier in his career, Mr. Whyte was a senior information assurance officer in the U.S.