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White House makes Grant Schneider the top cybersecurity official in government

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Veteran government IT official Grant Schneider will serve as federal chief information security officer, an influential policy role charged with implementing cybersecurity practices across the executive branch, the Office of Management and Budget announced Thursday. “Grant Schneider brings extensive cybersecurity experience well aligned to lead efforts in securing government systems from cyberattacks,” Margaret Weichert, OMB’s deputy director for management, said in a statement. “As chief information security officer, Grant will play a key role in making sure the federal government’s technology networks are safe and secure,” she added. The federal CISO chairs the CISO Council, which allows collaboration across agencies on issues like identity management and vulnerability response. Schneider had been serving as federal CISO on an acting basis until today. He is also a senior director for cybersecurity at the National Security Council (NSC), where he helps manage the government’s cyber defense strategy. In June, the White House tapped […]

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Double role for White House cyber aide shows challenges for new administration

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The remarkable decision to have a single official fill two key White House cybersecurity posts has highlighted both the Trump administration’s commitment to securing federal IT networks as a national security priority and its inability to fill key cyber jobs. Grant Schneider, the current deputy federal CISO, who has been acting CISO since his boss left mid-January, will also begin doing the job of senior director within the cybersecurity directorate of the National Security Council staff, the White House let slip this week. The federal CISO job is based in the Office and Management and Budget, which, like the NSC, is within the Executive Office of the President. Several former NSC staffers told CyberScoop the dual-hatting arrangement makes sense in the short term, but they questioned its viability in the long run. The administration made fixing federal government IT systems a priority under the cybersecurity executive order President Trump signed in May. The CISO’s office is operationally responsible for […]

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Federal CISO to get second hat as National Security Council’s cyber director

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Grant Schneider, the acting federal CISO who has been running the shop since his boss left just before the inauguration, is getting a second hat within the White House as a senior director for cybersecurity at the National Security Council, an administration official tells CyberScoop. Schneider will take over one of the “recently vacated senior director positions within the Cybersecurity Directorate on the NSC led by Rob Joyce,” the official said in an email. Schneider is the deputy CISO, but has been acting up since federal CISO Gregory Touhill departed in mid-January. “In order to increase synergy and alignment of national and federal cybersecurity strategy, policy, and guidance,” Schneider will continue to do his job at the Office of Management and Budget, the official added. “He will continue to lead and manage the Federal CISO team at OMB as well as the ‘Homeland’ portfolio within the NSC Cybersecurity Directorate.” That position was most recently filled […]

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