Top DHS cybersecurity official resigns

Phil Reitinger, the Department of Homeland Security's top cyber and computer crime official, plans to resign.

"I have decided that the time has come for me to move on from the Department," Reitinger wrote in an e-mail to DHS employees. "With significant progress having been made in activities across NPPD [National Protection and Programs Directorate], with growing recognition of DHS's roles and authorities, and the cybersecurity legislative proposal now delivered to the Hill, it's a logical point for me to leave the Department of Homeland Security and allow the team that we have developed together to carry our initiatives forward. One of our greatest successes is the high-caliber team we have all built, and I have no doubt of your growing capabilities and continued success."