Deputy Promoted To Head FBI's Cyber Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller has promoted Gordon Snow to assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division, where he will be responsible for leading the agency's efforts to help combat cyber attacks and other technology crimes.

Snow most recently served as the Cyber Divisions' deputy, a post he has held since November. He began working for the FBI in 1992 as a special agent and has held numerous FBI posts. In recent years, Snow has focused on cybersecurity issues including working in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in 2008 where he helped lead a government-wide effort to draft the Cyber Counterintelligence Plan.