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The Office of Management and Budget announced July 19 that the current acting chief information security officer, Grant Schneider, would be officially taking on the role.
“Grant Schneider brings extensive cybersecurity experience well aligned to lead efforts in securing government systems from cyberattacks,” said Margaret Weichert, deputy director for management at OMB. “As chief information security officer, Grant will play a key role in making sure the federal government’s technology networks are safe and secure.”
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1st Federal CISO offers Trump administration cyber advice
Chatting live with Gen. Gregory Touhill, the first federal CISO, on the state of federal cybersecurity and his new ventures with Cyxtera and Bay Dynamics.
Schneider is also currently the senior director for cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council.
The federal CISO position is a recent creation, first held in September 2016 by Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill, who was not asked to remain on after the presidential transition in January 2017.
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