Ambassador Nathaniel C. Fick, U.S. State Department's Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy will visit Costa Rica this week.

According to the United States Embassy, during his stay, Fick will meet with government leaders to discuss key issues such as connectivity, cybersecurity, and digital freedom.

The ambassador is expected to hold meetings with President Rodrigo Chaves-Robles, Mario Zamora-Cordero, Minister of Public Security and Paula Bogantes-Zamora, Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications, among others.

Ambassador Fick is an American diplomat and former United States Marine Corps officer.

He was the CEO of cybersecurity software company Endgame, Inc., then worked for Elastic NV after it acquired Endgame. He was an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

In 2022, he was selected to lead the U.S. State Department's Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.

Fick is the author of "One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer," a memoir of his military experience published in 2005 that was a New York Times bestseller, one of the Washington Post's "Best Books of the Year," and one of the Military Times' "Best Military Books of the Decade."

On June 3, 2022, Fick was nominated as the U.S. State Department's first Ambassador-at-Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy. Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on August 3, 2022. The Senate confirmed Fick's nomination on September 15 by unanimous voice vote, and he was sworn in on September 21.

According to a CNN journal report, on February 5, 2023, Fick announced that his personal Twitter account had been hacked. He called the incident one of the "perils of the job." It was unclear who hacked the account or if any unauthorized tweets were being sent from the account.

Fick is one of many top key U.S. executives visiting Costa Rica this year. Recently, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, visited the country to lead the U.S. delegation for the 2023 Summit for Democracy. 

In February, U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) visited the country to host the Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC).

 

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