Nominee: DHS won’t lose cybersecurity authority — Federal Computer Week
Rand Beers, the nominee for undersecretary of the Homeland Security Department’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), testified today that Obama administration officials told him the White House’s new cybersecurity coordinator will not undercut DHS’ role.“There was no realignment of roles and missions of the department, and it is the view in the White House that the Department of Homeland Security will continue to play an absolutely essential role in the protection of America’s cyber infrastructure,” Beers told the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
He was responding to a question during his confirmation hearing about whether the new White House cybersecurity coordinator would diminish DHS’ role. NPPD oversees the department’s cybersecurity programs.
