Choppy rollout of cybersecurity executive order stokes tensions on Capitol Hill

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly engaged in a clean-up operation last week on Capitol Hill over the bumpy rollout of a Trump administration cybersecurity executive order that, in draft form, raised extensive jurisdictional and policy concerns.

The executive order is expected to launch a far-reaching review of the security of federal computer networks, kick off a revised process for modernizing the government’s technology and set up a new process for protecting the private sector’s critical infrastructure. It also includes specific references to assessing vulnerabilities of the electric grid and the defense industrial base.