From: FedTech
Rob Joyce, the Trump administration’s cybersecurity coordinator, calls on agencies to flag outdated systems and modernize networks.
by Phil Goldstein
The Trump administration thinks federal agency heads should not pass the buck on cybersecurity to their CIOs or CISOs, according to a top cybersecurity official.
Speaking at Wednesday’s MeriTalk GovProtect17 conference in Washington, D.C., Rob Joyce, the White House’s cybersecurity coordinator, said that President Trump’s executive order on cybersecurity, issued May 11, will compel agencies to identify their cybersecurity risks and build defenses around them. Only by identifying and acknowledging risks can proper cybersecurity defenses be mounted, Joyce said, adding that agency heads can no longer pass off responsibility for cybersecurity to their subordinates.
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