President Obama on Wednesday named Tom Donilon, a former national security adviser, to chair the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, a 12-member board Obama created Feb. 9 in response to the massive data breach at the Office of Personnel Management.
Obama appointed former IBM chief Sam Palmisano vice chairman. The two are meeting with Obama Wednesday afternoon at the White House.
“The commission will make detailed recommendations to strengthen cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors while protecting privacy, ensuring public safety and economic and national security, fostering discovery and development of new technical solutions,” read the Feb. 9 executive order that created the commission.
Donilon was Obama’s top national security aide from 2010-13, and led Obama’s debate preparation during the 2008 campaign. He now is vice chairman of the law firm O’Melveny & Myers and a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
The commission is supposed to report its findings and make recommendations before Obama leaves office.
