National Cyber Director

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• August Pfluger
• Congress
• critical infrastructure
• cyberespionage
• Cybersecurity
• deterrence
• energy
• financial sector
• Geopolitics
• Government
• National Cyber Director
• Policy
• Salt Typhoon
• sanctions
• Senate Commerce Committee
• Ted Cruz
• Ted Yoho
• Telecommunications

Legislation would designate ‘critical cyber threat actors,’ direct sanctions against them

Cyber Scoop December 2, 2025

Legislation would designate ‘critical cyber threat actors,’ direct sanctions...

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• Angus King
• China
• critical infrastructure
• Cyberspace Solarium Commission
• Geopolitics
• Government
• Mark Montgomery
• Mike Gallagher
• National Cyber Director
• Policy
• Sean Cairncross
• surveillance
• Volt Typhoon

National cyber director says U.S. needs to counter Chinese surveillance, push American tech

Cyber Scoop October 24, 2025

National cyber director says U.S. needs to counter Chinese...

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• Andrew Garbarino
• Bernie Moreno
• budget
• Business Software Alliance
• continuing resolution
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Freedom of Information Act
• Gary Peters
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• information sharing
• Joni Ernst
• National Cyber Director
• National Defense Authorization Act
• Policy
• Privacy
• rand paul
• Sean Cairncross
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor prospects for renewal

Cyber Scoop September 22, 2025

Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor...

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• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Federal IT
• Government
• National Cyber Director
• Policy
• quantum computing
• Sean Cairncross

National cyber director: U.S. strategy needs to shift cyber risk from Americans to its adversaries

Cyber Scoop September 9, 2025

National cyber director: U.S. strategy needs to shift cyber...

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• Alexei Bulazel
• Biden administration
• Border Gateway Protocol
• budget
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• China
• cyber workforce
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• DARPA
• DEF CON
• digital identity
• Eric Swalwell
• Executive order
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Government
• Health-ISAC
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Institute for Security and Technology
• Mark Montgomery
• National Cyber Director
• National Security Council (NSC)
• National Security Memorandum 22
• NIST
• Obama administration
• Office of the National Cyber Director
• open source
• Policy
• Privacy
• regulation
• resilience
• Sean Cairncross
• Sean Plankey
• secure-by-design
• Threat hunting
• Trump administration
• U.S. Cyber Trust Mark

The overlooked changes that two Trump executive orders could bring to cybersecurity

Cyber Scoop August 13, 2025

The overlooked changes that two Trump executive orders could...

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• Biden administration
• budget
• China
• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Donald Trump
• Elissa Slotkin
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Frank Cilluffo
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Information Technology Industry Council
• McCrary Institute
• National Cyber Director
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Policy
• public-private partnership
• Salt Typhoon
• Sean Cairncross
• taiwan
• Threats
• USTelecom
• workforce

New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy, bureaucracy, threats

Cyber Scoop August 6, 2025

New National Cyber Director Cairncross faces challenges on policy,...

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• Alexei Bulazel
• Brett Leatherman
• Congress
• Cyber Command
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Government
• National Cyber Director
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• National Security Council (NSC)
• Ron Wyden
• Sean Cairncross
• Sean Plankey
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• workforce

Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross

Cyber Scoop August 3, 2025

Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross |...

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• Andy Kim
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Gary Peters
• Government
• grants
• Josh Hawley
• National Cyber Director
• office of management and budget
• Policy
• rand paul
• Salt Typhoon
• Sean Cairncross
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• State Government
• Volt Typhoon
• workforce

Sean Cairncross has policy coordination in mind if confirmed as national cyber director

Cyber Scoop June 5, 2025

Sean Cairncross has policy coordination in mind if confirmed...

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• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cyberspace Solarium Commission
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• McCrary Institute
• National Cyber Director
• NightDragon
• Palo Alto Networks
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• workforce

Experts endorse Sean Cairncross for national cyber director ahead of Senate hearing

Cyber Scoop June 3, 2025

Experts endorse Sean Cairncross for national cyber director ahead...

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• budget
• Congress
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Government Efficency
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• diversity
• election security
• Energy Security and Emergency Response
• FEMA
• Financial
• Government
• National Cyber Director
• Office of Cybersecurity Energy Security and Emergency Response
• Policy
• workforce

Trump budget proposal would slash more than 1,000 CISA jobs

Cyber Scoop June 2, 2025

Trump budget proposal would slash more than 1,000 CISA...

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