[7] He has argued for a more aggressive cyber deference regime, opining in The Wall Street Journal that, "If the U.S. and other digitally dense and dependent nations do not reserve the right to respond to cyberattacks with conventional means, we will be beholden to perpetrators of asymmetric cyberwarfare.

"[9] Prior to his appointment as CTO, Weinstein had "spearheaded the implementation of Governor Christie’s New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell, the State’s central hub for cyber operations and resources that is the first of its kind in the nation.

[12] According to Politico, Weinstein's experience in both Washington and Trenton has led him to be "often called upon on the national scene to provide the state perspective.

[15] During this time he frequently commented on state-sponosored cyber threats to critical infrastructure, describing the 2015 hack of Ukraine's electric grid as "the crossing of the Rubicon.

"[16] Weinstein, along with former NSA Director Admiral Michael S. Rogers, wrote in The Hill, "A wave of digital transformation is sweeping across the industrial world, pitting demands for greater efficiency and reliability against security.