Industry leader: OMB should take lead in deconflicting regs under national cyber strategy

Federal agencies should be required to clarify that proposed cybersecurity rules are not “duplicative or in conflict with existing regulations,” according to a key industry player on cyber, an idea embraced by former White House cyber coordinator Michael Daniel as a way to deliver on regulatory streamlining under President Biden’s national cyber strategy.

“Agencies should have to show what they’re proposing makes sense and doesn’t conflict or repeat other rules,” Daniel told Inside Cybersecurity. “This is an imminently reasonable process...