One of the president’s top cybersecurity advisers, Ari Schwartz, stepped down from his position on the National Security Council on Sept. 30, ending a two-year tour at the White House.
Schwartz came to the White House in 2013 as the administration’s director for cybersecurity privacy, civil liberties and policy and transitioned to the NSC senior director for cybersecurity policy role in March 2014.
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Prior to his stint at the White House, Schwartz built a career working in and around the public sector, serving as a senior Internet policy adviser at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Commerce Department and as a senior policy analyst at the Center for Effective Government. He also served as vice president and COO at the Center for Democracy and Technology for more than a decade.
When he joined the White House team, Schwartz only intended on staying for a two-year term, according to an administration official.
The official said the administration has a successor in mind but is withholding the name until the person has gone through the official on-boarding process.
