WASHINGTON — Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security added two new leaders to its advisory board, including the sixth Homeland Security secretary.

The institute recently announced that Kirstjen Nielsen, who served as the Homeland Security secretary during the first Trump administration, will become a board member. Nielsen is the current president of Lighthouse Strategies.

Auburn alumnus and former U.S. Air Force intelligence leader James Hoskins also joined the board. Hoskins also served as the CEO of Scitor Corporation, a national intelligence contractor, which was acquired by SAIC.

“Bringing on these renowned leaders in homeland and national security will only further our ability to help the McCrary Institute have a meaningful impact on our

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