Who holds this role

Andrew Hampton is the Government Chief Information Security Officer (GCISO), and is also the Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB).

What the GCISO does

The GCISO is the government functional lead for information security.

Functional leads are charged with developing and improving a designated area across government.

The State Services Commissioner delegates these roles to specific Chief Executives (CEs).

The GCISO's work includes:

• coordinating the government's approach to information security
• identifying systemic risks and vulnerabilities
• improving coordination between ICT operations and security roles, particularly around the digital government agenda
• establishing minimum information security standards and expectations
• improving support to agencies managing complex information security challenges.

More information

Our work – Government Security Communications Bureau

Email: gciso@gcsb.govt.nz