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Carol Assi
Chief Operations Officer to the Department of War Deputy Chief Information
Officer for Cybersecurity for the Office of the Chief Information Officer
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Ms. Carol Assi is the Chief Operations Officer to the Department of War (DoW) Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity (DCIO(CS)) and DoW Chief Information Security Officer. In this role, Ms. Assi, drives the secure design, development, and acquisition of warfighting capabilities and development of strategies to reduce cybersecurity risk to the DoW Information Network (DOWIN). Ms. Assi is also responsible for the development and oversight of the execution of cybersecurity policies to enable robust defensive cyber operations. Most recently, she is focused on modernizing the Cybersecurity Service Providers (CSSP) program and updating policies that address cybersecurity activities for emerging technologies to synchronize with cyber operations. Prior to her current position, Ms. Assi was the DCIO(CS) Director for Cyber Activities Budget Oversight (CABO), which supported DoW Chief Information Officer (CIO) cybersecurity program execution. She directed the cyber activities resourcing process and established standards across DoW for cyber activities budget submission, which established visibility into DoW investments and enabled budget allocation prioritization. Ms. Assi managed the development and assessment of the CS Capabilities Programming Guidance requirements for DoW CIO budget certification.
Ms. Assi has over 30 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, cyberspace operations, and budgeting in the Department of War. Prior to joining the DoW CIO, she served as the Army CIO Acting Deputy Director for Cybersecurity and spearheaded the development of functional and operational requirements to support DoW and Army network defense operations. She planned and launched several cybersecurity initiatives and led innovative changes to Army and DoW policies and processes. In a previous assignment at the Defense Information Systems Agency, Ms. Assi was the Deputy Chief for Computer Network Defense Solutions Division where she initiated and coordinated an overarching master schedule for the entire acquisition lifecycle of a portfolio of cyber capabilities. She developed acquisition strategies for several network solutions and managed and directed the award of enterprise solutions contracts for DoW.
Ms. Assi is a graduate of the Defense Senior Leader Development Program (DSLDP) and the National War College where she obtained a Master of Science in National Security Strategy. She also holds a Master of Science. in Information Systems from Strayer University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Lebanese University. Ms. Assi earned a Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Systems Planning, Research, and Development Level III certification in Systems Engineering.
As of March 25, 2026