Federal CISO Grant Schneider talks about how agencies should weigh the risks with all of the contractors they use for cybersecurity.

The new regime contrasts from previous “Whac-A-Mole” approaches that were confined to the unclassified space, Grant Schneider said.

“They’re not five years behind nation-states anymore, because the tools have become more ubiquitous,” Grant Schneider says.

The success of Cyber Command can be measured in actions taken by other government agencies, according to a top command official.

The new structure “gives more authority to the people who need to actually make those decisions," Grant Schneider said.

Veteran government IT official Grant Schneider will serve as federal chief information security officer, an influential policy role, OMB announced Thursday.