Lawfare
Former defense secretary Ash Carter shakes hands with then-Vice President Joe Biden after meeting with the National Security Council. (Photo by U.S. Secretary of Defense)
The White House has its first Senate-confirmed national cyber director, but the position’s role in the executive branch hasn’t been spelled out yet. President Biden’s May executive order on cybersecurity deferred defining the national cyber director’s role until after his office was up and running. How could the president shape the position? Specifically, how do the national cyber director’s legal authorities affect the president’s ability to fashion the director’s role in the executive branch, and how do those authorities affect external oversight of his office?
How the President Can Shape the Role and Oversight of the National Cyber Director