Venable's Managing Director of Cybersecurity Services, Ari Schwartz, was interviewed on MSNBC on January 31, 2017 to discuss a proposed White House executive order on cybersecurity. Commenting on a draft of the order that was circulating, Schwartz said it was good to see the administration was relying on agency reports, recommendations from a bipartisan commission issued late last year, and holding cabinet secretaries responsible for cybersecurity efforts early on.