A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR Ken Bible, Chief Information Security Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER YEARS OF OUTSTANDING service, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives have learned that Ken Bible will begin a well-deserved retirement on Friday, March 29, 2024, after years of notable service with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the last of which have been as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and one of America's top cybersecurity officials; and

Whereas, Mr. Bible guided DHS response to the national SolarWinds cybersecurity breach, ensuring proper assessment of the impacts and leading the DHS CISO Council in conducting a first-of-its-kind federal cyber hygiene assessment of commercial software risks; and

Whereas, his leadership to reform the seminal DHS cybersecurity policy streamlined and simplified the DHS cybersecurity program to improve useability and align it to evolving national standards; and

Whereas, Mr. Bible developed the DHS Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management strategy, introducing statistical methods to quantify risks across a whole contract portfolio and leading the DHS Secretary's Strategic Infrastructure Transformation initiative to improve corporate cyber hygiene; and

Whereas, he led the first DHS commercial vulnerability assessment program, enabling outside researchers to examine mission-critical, public-facing systems for vulnerabilities, and successfully pivoted the effort to address the critical high risk Log4J vulnerability within a week of discovery; and

Whereas, he delivered the Department of Defense Advancing Analytics data platform that pulls data from hundreds of business systems to make data discoverable, understandable, and usable for advanced analytics to the National Defense Strategy; and

Whereas, at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in Charleston, Mr. Bible led the development of the Fleet Environmental Information Management System Protective Measures Assessment Protocol system, which after twenty-four years of service is still enshrined in United States Navy policy to support At-Sea Training for all Navy surface, aviation, and subsurface units, maintaining critical combat training effectiveness in realistic operational conditions; and

Whereas, he orchestrated the first comprehensive end-to-end laboratory testing of the United States Navy's communication architecture during systems engineering efforts of the Expanded Maritime Intercept Operations program, which linked up SPAWAR Atlantic ashore, satellite, and afloat Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) system lab facilities in North Charleston, Sullivan's Island, and along the coast of Charleston; and

Whereas, grateful for his years of distinguished service and unparalleled dedication to the Department of Homeland Security, the South Carolina House of Representatives takes great pleasure in extending best wishes to Ken Bible as he transitions to a richly deserved retirement and days of an unhurried pace, and the members wish him many years of enjoyment in his well-earned retirement. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Ken Bible, Chief Information Security Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, upon the occasion of his retirement after years of outstanding service, and wish him continued success and happiness in all his future endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Ken Bible.

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