
Legislation to establish a permanent, Senate-confirmed presidential cyber security adviser with authority to review federal cyber budgets, and coordinate and develop the national cyber security strategy was introduced in the House on Thursday by a bipartisan group of members. The National Cyber Director Act (H.R. 7331) is based on one of the key recommendations from a bipartisan commission report in March calling for creation of a National Cyber Director (NCD) to serve within the executive branch as the president’s principal…