{"id":231886,"date":"2026-04-06T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/with-ken-weeks-gone-new-hampshire-appoints-new-ciso\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:50:11","slug":"with-ken-weeks-gone-new-hampshire-appoints-new-ciso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/with-ken-weeks-gone-new-hampshire-appoints-new-ciso\/","title":{"rendered":"With Ken Weeks Gone, New Hampshire Appoints New CISO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/with-ken-weeks-gone-new-hampshire-appoints-new-ciso\">With Ken Weeks Gone, New Hampshire Appoints New CISO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/with-ken-weeks-gone-new-hampshire-appoints-new-ciso\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/with-ken-weeks-gone-new-hampshire-appoints-new-ciso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-06 16:09:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                    New Hampshire soon will have a new CISO.<\/p>\n<p>Pamela McLeod is set to take over that job on April 17, according to state CIO Denis Goulet, who told Government Technology that she will report to him.<\/p>\n<p>She replaces Ken Weeks, who became CISO in June 2022 and has taken a private-sector job as national security adviser with The ATOM Group, which sells cyber defense services and custom software development.<\/p>\n<p><span data-bsp-pv=\"4f8e492c-6f2f-390e-bc61-f176d3a37ab9\"\/><span data-bsp-pv=\"0000019d-644f-dfbd-adfd-7cdf4ac40000\"\/><br \/>McLeod comes from ACT, the college testing operation, where she worked as director of cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Her professional experience also includes working as CISO for the Concord School District in the capital of New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>She has a Master of Engineering from Purdue University and also served as chair for the Alton School Board in New Hampshire, during with she \u201cled district negotiations and superintendent searches,\u201d according to her LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPam comes to us with significant public-sector technology experience and has been a great leader and partner in NH\u2019s whole-of-state cybersecurity effort,\u201d Goulet said via email on Monday. \u201cPam\u2019s energy, passion and cybersecurity domain expertise make her an excellent addition to the NH Department of Information Technology leadership team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whole-of-state cybersecurity refers to using multiple resources from various departments and agencies in what amounts to a team effort to shore up public-sector cyber defenses.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, The ATOM Group \u2014 where Weeks has gone \u2014 has worked with the state\u2019s IT department on its Cyber Incident Response Plan, according to Goulet.<\/p>\n<p>              &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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