Op-Ed: Liberty Group Ventures' Kiersten Todt explains why unsecured mobile devices are dramatically adding to the federal threat landscape.

Todt joins FedScoop TV to discuss digital transformation and mobility.

Cybersecurity is centra​l to the mission of every federal department and agency and the government must avoid over-centralization and one-size-fits-all mandates, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker told the President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity Monday.

The president's cybersecurity commission is weighing changes to the way the U.S. government defines which industries are vital to the life of the nation — a move with potentially enormous legal and financial impact on the business sectors involved.

When the president's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity meets next week in Washington, at the top of the agenda will be a question leaders and students of government have often debated — how to empower policymakers so they can actually shift the ponderous levers of authority in a new administration.

The key to ensuring the cybersecurity of federal agencies lies not in any gee-whiz technology, but in the arcane details of the org chart and budgeting procedures, a panel of former and serving officials said Thursday.