Bipartisan Lawmakers Agree on Centralized Cybersecurity Position

A Homeland Security event for Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center facility. A wide-ranging cybersecurity bill was passed unanimously by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, last week. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Lawmakers on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission advised the members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to reinstate the national cybersecurity coordinator position by passing  H.R. 7331, the National Cyber Director Act.

This role was filled beginning with George W. Bush’s presidency, until former national security adviser John Bolton eliminated the position in 2018 as part of an effort to reduce the federal bureaucracy.