The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, faced tough questioning from Congress on Thursday. This is key to ensure that all countries adhere to the same rules and to combatting the proliferation of standards worldwide that ensure, in a connected system, that there are always weak links out there that can be used to penetrate, exploit and harm other markets. There are important pockets of leadership and knowledge throughout the administration on these issues from CISA to the NSA, from Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo’s leadership implementing the CHIPS and Science Act to the White Office Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Arati Prabhakar, a former head of the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA)