Top 25 Cyber Execs to Watch in 2020

Greg Touhill, President, AppGate Federal

Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Greg Touhill currently serves as president of AppGate’s Federal Division, supporting agencies across the federal government with secure infrastructure solutions delivered from data centers.

Appointed by President Barack Obama as the nation’s first federal chief information security officer in 2016, Touhill was tasked with ensuring proper digital security policies, strategies and practices were adopted across government. During his earlier time in the Air Force, he served in the U.S. Transportation, Central and Strategic commands, and led the creation of the Air Force’s cyberspace operations training programs.

He’s also an adviser to organizations, institutions and corporations on cybersecurity, and is known for his tireless public efforts to teach and inform good cyber hygiene to the next generation. In fact, he’s a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, where he teaches cyber risk management. He’s also the author of “Cybersecurity for Executives: A Practical Guide,” which is used at colleges and universities across the country.

Why Watch:

Currently, Touhill is heavily focused on zero trust, and has participated in numerous interviews and written extensively on the matter. His passion and knowledge has helped inform and teach the government how to make the move to adopt zero trust into their agencies and processes.