Former Department of Homeland Security cyber chief Rod A. Beckstrom has been tapped to be the new president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the California based non-profit that oversees the Internet’s address system.
Most recently, Beckstrom was director of the National Cyber Security Center — an organization created to coordinate security efforts across the intelligence community. Beckstromresigned that post in March, citing a lack of funding and authority.
