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readability=\"26.101576182137\">\n<div class=\"single-article__header-content\" readability=\"35.125333333333\">\n<p> The president selected the former RNC, White House and Millennium Challenge Corporation official for the job in February. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/85429\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" 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(Photo by Riccardo Savi\/Getty Images for Concordia Summit) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"19.89164441053\"><body readability=\"45.419419419419\"><\/p>\n<p>The Senate voted to confirm Sean Cairncross as national cyber director Saturday, giving the Trump administration one of its top cyber officials after a more than five-month process.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was 59-35.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump nominated Cairncross on Feb. 12. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on his nomination in early June, then voted to advance him that same month.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sean-cairncross-has-policy-coordination-in-mind-if-confirmed-as-national-cyber-director\/\">his hearing<\/a>, Cairncross said he\u2019d be focused on policy coordination. He fielded questions from senators about his lack of cyber experience, the biggest cyber threats, cuts to federal cybersecurity personnel and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cairncross <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sean-cairncross-national-cyber-director-nomination-donald-trump\/\">has held leadership positions<\/a> inside and outside of government where there\u2019s been a tenuous connection to cybersecurity. He served as CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a foreign aid agency, in the first Trump administration, along with roles in the White House. He\u2019s also a former top official at the Republican National Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Cairncross has <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sean-cairncross-national-cyber-director-endorsement\/\">the vocal support<\/a> of a number cyber experts and past government cyber officials<\/p>\n<p>The Senate vote on Cairncross slots one more cyber leader into the Trump administration. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/alexei-bulazel-white-house-national-security-councial-destigmatize-offensive-cyber-rsac-2025\/\">Alexei Bulazel<\/a> has taken the job of top cyber official with the White House\u2019s National Security Council, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fbi-cyber-division-brett-leatherman-assistant-director\/\">Brett Leatherman<\/a> is in the top cyber position at the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has nominated Sean Plankey to serve as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/timstarks.bsky.social\/post\/3lv6wwdscu22s\">voted 9-6<\/a> last week to move his vote to the floor, although Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/plankey-vows-to-boot-china-from-u-s-supply-chain-advocate-for-cisa-budget\/\">placed a hold<\/a> on the nomination pending the release of a telecommunications cybersecurity report.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has displaced <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/2025\/04\/04\/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-cyber-command-nsa\/\">the joint head<\/a> of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, and hasn\u2019t settled yet on who will take over.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5430214-thune-senate-trump-recess-appointments\/\">a backlog<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/07\/29\/congress\/trump-confirmations-nominations-senate-democrats-strategy-00480944\">Trump nominees<\/a> that Cairncross got caught up in prior to the floor vote Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"7.7216117216117\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tim Starks\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-card__details\" readability=\"10.901098901099\">\n<h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Tim Starks<\/h4>\n<p> Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. His previous stops include working at The Washington Post, POLITICO and Congressional Quarterly. An Evansville, Ind. native, he’s covered cybersecurity since 2003. 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Mark Green, R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, arrives before the start of a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in January of 2024. (Photo by Kent Nishimura\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"3.327731092437\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/mark-green-house-homeland-chairman-cybersecurity-agenda\/\"> House Homeland Chairman Mark Green\u2019s departure could leave congressional cyber agenda in limbo <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> Green, R-Tenn., has championed legislation on the cyber workforce, renewal of a cyber threat information sharing bill and more. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/tim-starkscyberscoop-com\/\"> Tim Starks <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sean-cairncross-has-policy-coordination-in-mind-if-confirmed-as-national-cyber-director\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-3.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-7.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, walks with Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, through the alleys of Rabat\u2019s Old city on Nov. 7, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sean-cairncross-has-policy-coordination-in-mind-if-confirmed-as-national-cyber-director\/\"> Sean Cairncross has policy coordination in mind if confirmed as national cyber director <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/tim-starkscyberscoop-com\/\"> Tim Starks <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sean-cairncross-national-cyber-director-endorsement\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-4.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/senate-confirms-national-cyber-director-pick-sean-cairncross-8.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Then-Millenium challenge corporation CEO Sean Cairncross speaks during a ceremony on Aug. 5, 2019 at the presidential palace in Abidjan. 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