From: FedScoop
The federal CISO will elevate the voice of agency CISOs. But without legal backing, they will have trouble getting the same seat at the table that CIOs have now, DHS’ Mark Kneidinger said.
By Billy Mitchell
Whoever is appointed as federal CISO will have a bully pulpit to highlight cybersecurity issues in the federal government, but without legal authority from an act of Congress or elsewhere, the position is unlikely to fulfill its potential, a senior Department of Homeland Security cyber official said Thursday.
“As the federal CISO does come into play, a key element to that person is to work at developing legal authorities, be it through Congress or otherwise, that’s going to give [the CISO]… the same seat at the table as the CIO at the agency level,” Mark Kneidinger, director of the Federal Network Resilience Division in DHS’ Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, said during a panel discussion hosted by the Independent Telecommunications Pioneer Association.
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