Mission
Cyber Security secures the business of USDA by managing the risks of cyber threats and vulnerabilities. We protect USDA agencies as they deliver IT services to their stakeholders and the American people.
That means our primary purpose is making sure USDA organizations and their employees have the knowledge and tools they need to fulfill their responsibilities.
To that end, we focus as a service organization on delivering:
- Comprehensive leadership in developing and implementing an enterprise-wide, trusted environment in support of all USDA components
- A framework for tracking, reporting, and responding to events in an efficient and timely manner
- A centralized threat awareness capability
- Effective outreach, communications, and reporting capabilities
- An enhanced enterprise security posture with technical guidance and engineering and operations services
- An architecture of security related products and solutions
- A complete Assessment and Authorization (A&A) via the risk management framework (RMF) process for all systems
Contacts
Christopher Lowe
Chief Information Security Officer
christopher.lowe@asoc.usda.gov
Michael O’Connor
Dep. Associate Chief Information Officer
mike.oconnor@asoc.usda.gov
Gail Phillips
Acting Director, Monitoring and Analysis Division
gail.phillips@asoc.usda.gov
Gail Phillips
Director, Incident Handling Division
gail.phillips@asoc.usda.gov
Kimberly A. Hennings
Director, Oversight and Compliance Division
kimberly.hennings@ocio.usda.gov
Angelo D. Rhodes
Director, Security Integration Division
angelo.rhodes@asoc.usda.gov
Cord Chase
Director, Security Engineering and Operations Division
cord.chase@asoc.usda.gov
Contact the ASOC 24 Hour Hotline to report lost or stolen equipment at: cyber.incidents@asoc.usda.gov or 866.905.6890