White House official: Private-sector metrics necessary to hold industry accountable on cyber

A lack of access to information that could be used to measure the effectiveness of private-sector cybersecurity efforts makes it challenging to hold industry accountable, according to a senior White House official, who highlighted accountability for all actors including federal agencies as a distinctive aspect of the Trump administration's national cyber strategy.

"To measure [success of cybersecurity practices] on the government side, I can set the bar, I get to set the metrics and the expectations, and then I can...