White House employs cross-agency goals to broaden oversight of cyber

The White House is re-energizing two long-standing cybersecurity initiatives by getting more than just the chief information officer involved.

The Administration recently updated all 14 cross-agency priority goals on the Performance.gov portal, giving all new targets for agencies to hit over the next two years. But the Office of Management and Budget also is using the opportunity to better connect agency performance improvement officers to the Trusted Internet Connections and Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 efforts, which started with high expectations but have floundered over the last few years. Michael Daniel, the White House cyber coordinator, said giving PIOs better awareness and responsibility over meeting cyber goals has been a missing piece to the puzzle that equals success.