The Pentagon official who has been overseeing its new cybersecurity initiative for defense contractors has been placed on leave in connection with a suspected unauthorised disclosure of classified information from a military intelligence agency, according to an official document.
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for the Pentagon’s acquisition and sustainment office, was informed May 11 that "her security clearance for access to classified information is being suspended” as "a result of a reported Unauthorised Disclosure of Classified Information and subsequent removal of access by the National Security Agency,” according to a memo made available to Bloomberg News.
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