Michigan Chief Information Security Officer

Dan Lohrmann is Michigan 's first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and he also serves as the Director of Michigan's Office of Enterprise Security within the Michigan Department of Information Technology ( MDIT). In April 2008, Dan was named “CSO of the Year” for North America by SC Magazine.

Appointed in May 2002, Dan is also co-chair of the Michigan Information Technology Executive Council (MITEC ) Security Subcommittee, and he is a member of the Michigan Homeland Security Protection Committee .

Serving as the State’s representative for the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO), Dan sits on the Department of Homeland Security's IT Government Coordinating Council (IT-GCC). In this role, Dan addresses Homeland Security issues such as state communications, intelligence sharing, writing and implementing the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) IT Sector Plan, and privacy and security best practices. 

He is also an executive board member of the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), which coordinates cybersecurity actions among the 50 states. Within MDIT, Dan serves as the Emergency Management Coordinator, and he led Michigan 's efforts to restore IT operations following the northeast blackout of 2003.

Dan served as President of Michigan InfraGard Member Alliance in 2006 and again in 2007, and he is currently serving as its Chairman. Dan is a frequent speaker throughout the country on cybersecurity and Homeland Security issues, and he has written numerous articles for a variety of publications. He currently writes a blog entiled "Lohrmann on GovSpace" for CSO Magazine which can be viewed at: http://blogs.csoonline.com/blog/dan_lohrmann .

In April 2006, he was selected as Information Security Executive of the Year ( Central USA ) by the Executive Alliance (see: www.infosecaward.com ). In July 2006, he was selected as a "Government Visionary" by Symantec Corporation. In December 2007, he was named as one of the “Top 25 Most Influential People in the Security Industry” by Security Magazine .

Prior to accepting this position in May 2002, Dan was the Senior Technology Executive for e-Michigan, the agency responsible for digital government in Michigan . Playing a central role in the success of the Michigan.gov portal launch in July 2001, he served as technical advisor and program manager for the Director of e-Michigan and the Governor on implementing enterprise-wide digital government projects. Dan published and presented an academic paper entitled: "The Michigan.gov Story" at WebNet 2001 in Orlando .

Dan has over 23 years' experience in the computer industry, beginning with the National Security Agency (NSA) in Washington , D.C.   He spent seven years in England as both a senior network engineer for Lockheed Martin followed by IT Director for ManTech International on a US/UK military base.  In 1997, Dan moved to Michigan where he served as CIO and IT Services Director for the Michigan Department of Management and Budget.

The Secure Michigan Initiative Project , developed by Dan's security team in December 2002, received the 2003 NASCIO Security and Business Continuity Award.   In partnership with the Michigan State Police, NASCIO again recognized the team with the 2004 Security and Business Continuity Award for crisis management during the Blackout of 2003. 

Over the past ten years, Dan's articles have been published on topics ranging from Y2K compliance, to customer service, to web metrics, to best practices in cybersecurity. Articles featuring Dan have been published in magazines such as Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Security Officer (CSO), Information Security, Government Technology's Public CIO, Baseline, SC, Federal Computer Week, Government Computer News, and several other technical publications and daily papers.