{"id":220740,"date":"2026-03-06T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/james-aaron-bishop-named-acting-dow-ciso\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:10:08","slug":"james-aaron-bishop-named-acting-dow-ciso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/james-aaron-bishop-named-acting-dow-ciso\/","title":{"rendered":"James \u201cAaron\u201d Bishop Named Acting DOW CISO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/aaron-bishop-acting-dow-ciso-deputy-cio-cyber\">James \u201cAaron\u201d Bishop Named Acting DOW CISO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/aaron-bishop-acting-dow-ciso-deputy-cio-cyber\">https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/aaron-bishop-acting-dow-ciso-deputy-cio-cyber<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-06 16:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.executivegov.com\">www.executivegov.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department of War\u2019s Office of the Chief Information Officer has announced the appointment of James \u201cAaron\u201d Bishop, former Air Force chief information security officer, as acting DOW deputy CIO for cybersecurity and CISO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity leadership transition at the Pentagon comes as government and industry continue to strengthen collaboration on emerging cyberthreats and mission resilience. Register now for the Potomac Officers Club\u2019s 2026 Cyber Summit on May 21 and join the discussion about the evolving federal cyber landscape.<\/p>\n<p>In a LinkedIn post published Thursday, the DOW Office of the CIO said Bishop assumed the responsibilities of acting DOW CISO on Friday, Feb. 27, succeeding David McKeown.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown, a two-time Wash100 awardee, is leaving his role as acting DCIO for cybersecurity and CISO after more than four decades of service. He will pursue opportunities in the private sector.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Are_Bishops_Responsibilities_as_Acting_DOW_CISO\"\/>What Are Bishop\u2019s Responsibilities as Acting DOW CISO?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p>In this capacity, Bishop will provide expert policy, program, technical and oversight support to DOW CIO Kirsten Davies, a 2026 Wash100 Award recipient, on departmentwide cybersecurity matters. He will also lead the integration of the department\u2019s programs to safeguard DOW\u2019s critical infrastructure against persistent threats and facilitate the coordination of cybersecurity policies, standards and procedures with other federal agencies and industry partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBishop brings an extensive and unique blend of industry, federal, and transformational experience that will be critical as the Department focuses on Secretary Hegseth\u2019s charge for lethality, efficiency, and warfighter readiness,\u201d the DOW Office of the CIO said in the post.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_Is_James_%E2%80%9CAaron%E2%80%9D_Bishop\"\/>Who Is James \u201cAaron\u201d Bishop?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<p>Bishop is a cybersecurity and technology leader with experience spanning government and industry.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the Department of the Air Force as CISO, he founded and served as CEO of Quantum Security Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>He also held leadership roles at several&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/aaron-bishop-acting-dow-ciso-deputy-cio-cyber\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James \u201cAaron\u201d Bishop Named Acting DOW CISO https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/articles\/aaron-bishop-acting-dow-ciso-deputy-cio-cyber Publish Date: 2026-03-06 16:53:00 Source Domain: www.executivegov.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.executivegov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aaron-bishop-dow-acting-deputy-cio-cybersecurity-ciso.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-220740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220742,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220740\/revisions\/220742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}