Trump administration picks new leader for Vulnerabilities Equities Process board
The White House has selected a new leader to head a secretive government group that helps decide which software vulnerabilities should be kept for intelligence gathering purposes or widely released to the public. National Security Council (NSC) senior director Grant Schneider has been named chair of the Vulnerability Equities Process (VEP) board, a National Security Council spokesperson told CyberScoop. Schneider is also currently serving as the acting federal chief information security officer. His appointment comes as recent White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce left 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in May. He is now serving as a senior adviser at the National Security Agency. Joyce was instrumental in a public charter released last year that brought transparency to the process, by which the U.S. government determines to either withhold or disclose information to tech companies about newly discovered flaws in their software. The charter originally named Joyce as the head of the multi-agency […]
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