scott smith, assistant director for cyber division, fbi, and chris krebs, undersecretary for the national protection and programs director at the department of homeland scary. i'd also like to note at the outset, the empty chair at the witness table. the committee invited the principal u.s. cyber official, white house cyber security coordinator rob joyce. many of us know him and respect him deeply for his significant experience and expertise on fiber and his many years of government service at the national security agency. unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the white house declined to have the cyber court nader testify, citing executive privilege and precedent against having non- confirmed aniseed staff testifying before congress. while this is consistent with past practice on a bipartisan basis, i believe the issue of cyber requires us to rethink our old ways of doing business or to me, the empty chair before us represents a fundamental misalignment between authority and accountability in our government today when it comes to cyber. all of our witnesses answer to the congress for their

scott smith, assistant director for cyber division, fbi, and chris krebs, undersecretary for the national protection and programs director at the department of homeland scary. i'd also like to note at the outset, the empty chair at the witness table. the committee invited the principal u.s. cyber official, white house cyber security coordinator rob joyce. many of us know him and respect him deeply for his significant experience and expertise on fiber and his many years of government service at the national security agency. unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the white house declined to have the cyber court nader testify, citing executive privilege and precedent against having non- confirmed aniseed staff testifying before congress. while this is consistent with past practice on a bipartisan basis, i believe the issue of cyber requires us to rethink our old ways of doing business or to me, the empty chair before us represents a fundamental misalignment between authority and accountability in our government today when it comes to cyber. all of our witnesses answer to the congress for their

scott smith, assistant director for cyber division, fbi, and chris krebs, undersecretary for the national protection and programs director at the department of homeland scary. i'd also like to note at the outset, the empty chair at the witness table. the committee invited the principal u.s. cyber official, white house cyber security coordinator rob joyce. many of us know him and respect him deeply for his significant experience and expertise on fiber and his many years of government service at the national security agency. unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the white house declined to have the cyber court nader testify, citing executive privilege and precedent against having non- confirmed aniseed staff testifying before congress. while this is consistent with past practice on a bipartisan basis, i believe the issue of cyber requires us to rethink our old ways of doing business or to me, the empty chair before us represents a fundamental misalignment between authority and accountability in our government today when it comes to cyber. all of our witnesses answer to the congress for their