Mike Steinmetz will make $176,419 a year to advise the governor on digital security policy. <\/p>\n
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Gina Raimondo has appointed Mike Steinmetz, a former National Grid and National Security Agency manager, as Rhode Island's first cybersecurity officer. <\/p>\n
Steinmetz, who started Monday, will be Raimondo's top adviser on digital security policy and lead the creation of a state cybersecurity strategy, according to a news release Tuesday from the governor's office. <\/p>\n
\"Modern infrastructure is more than just roads and bridges,\" Raimondo said the release. \"It's also the digital connections we're making faster and more frequently than ever before.\" <\/p>\n
Steinmetz will make $176,419 a year, according to Raimondo spokesman David Ortiz. <\/p>\n
The cybersecurity officer position was created in the state budget approved by lawmakers last year and reports to the director of administration. It is not considered a cabinet position and does not require state Senate confirmation, Ortiz said. <\/p>\n
Before joining state government, Steinmetz was a National Grid director of strategy and planning and director of governance and compliance. Before that, he worked for the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Security Agency. <\/p>\n
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