The Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has appointed Diba Hadi, a more than three-decade higher education and program management leader, as principal director of the Cyber Academic Engagement Office.
DOD said Friday Hadi will oversee all academic outreach initiatives and several CAEO programs, including the DOD Cyber Service Academy, National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity and the Virtual Institutes for Cyber and Electromagnetic Spectrum Research and Employ.
Hadi most recently served as the senior academic and project management adviser at the FBI, where she led professional development efforts, managed accreditation standards and offered strategic academic guidance.
In June, the department’s OCIO launched CAEO to serve as a central hub for defense and academic cyber activities.