Former NSA Official Vies to Steer Biden’s Cyber Policy

Anne Neuberger, the Biden administration’s Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, organized a virtual summit on ransomware for Oct. 13, 2021. She invited representatives from about 30 countries and the European Union, but no one from several of the key U.S. agencies handling cybersecurity, including the Department of State, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the newly created Office of the National Cyber Director.

Officials at all three agencies eventually received invitations to attend, but only as observers, and people at State and CISA came away feeling rankled, according to five people familiar with the ...