14 DAY TRIAL // The United States’ National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) has a couple of new members: Steve Bennett, president and CEO of Symantec, and Angel Ruiz, head of region North America at Ericsson.
Bennet and Ruiz are just two of the six key administration appointments made recently by President Obama.
“I am grateful that these talented and dedicated individuals have agreed to take on these important roles and devote their talents to serving the American people. I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years,” Obama said in a statement last week.
“It is an honor to be selected to serve on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee,” noted Steve Bennett, Symantec president and chief executive officer.
“The Committee has a long and distinguished record of providing recommendations to the President on telecommunications and information technology critical infrastructure security and protection issues, and I look forward to contributing to that work in the future.”
Bennet will hold the position for the next three years, which is the standard term for all members of NSTAC.
The NSTAC is designed to make sure that the US’s national communications posture is reliable, secure and resilient.