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The old saying goes, personnel is policy. This may be particularly true at this point in federal cybersecurity policy, where multiple agencies and Congressional committees play changing roles, including expanding capacities in the National Security Council, an entirely new White House Office created by Congress, and the still-young Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Each announcement (and round of speculation), leaves observers wondering what it may mean for federal cybersecurity policy.
One new hire, Tim Maurer, a new Counselor for Cybersecurity to DHS Secretary Mayorkas, may provide clues about how DHS could approach cyber risk in the private sector. Mr. Maurer spent several years on cyber policy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Last year he and a colleague, Garret Hinke, published a study on cloud security,