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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sean-cairncross-cybersecurity-agenda-less-regulation-more-cooperation-2.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"><figcaption> Sean Cairncross, as CEO of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City. (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=\"26.212307692308\"><body readability=\"54.127507802051\"><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration needs help from industry to reduce the cybersecurity regulatory burden and to back important cyber legislation on Capitol Hill, among other areas, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know your regulatory scheme better than I do: Where there\u2019s friction, where there\u2019s frustration with information sharing, what sort of information is shared, the process through which it\u2019s shared,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is helpful for us to hear that and have that feedback so that we can address it, engage it and try to make it better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is interested in being a partner with industry rather than a \u201cscold,\u201d Cairncross said at an Information Technology Industry Council event. The Biden administration sought to impose more <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/bidens-cybersecurity-legacy-a-big-shift-to-private-sector-responsibility\/\">cybersecurity rules<\/a> on the private sector than prior administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Cairncross also called on industry to help pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, which has expired and dealt with <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/congressional-appropriators-move-to-extend-information-sharing-law-fund-cisa\/\">short-term extensions<\/a> in recent months as Congress stalls on what to do with a law that provides legal protections to companies that share cyber threat data with the government and each other.<\/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>The Trump administration would like to see the law extended as-is for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we need from industry is an echo chamber up on the Hill to help make that happen,\u201d he said. \u201cI can go tell people how important this is, or the White House can weigh in, and we have done that. But when the people who are actually affected by this start to weigh in with members, that has an even greater impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Cairncross wants industry to \u201cshow up and engage,\u201d he said, as the administration has done with its <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/trump-national-cybersecurity-strategy-2025-release\/\">forthcoming cybersecurity strategy,<\/a> something he said would be rolled out \u201csooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReach out to us,\u201d he urged. \u201cWe will certainly be reaching out how we have gone about this strategic piece of this. Just from the outset, we have had a heavy industry engagement side of this and looked for feedback and thoughts. It\u2019s been extremely helpful, and hopefully it has been successful in sending the message that we want to, which is, we are here to do everything we can to partner with industry.\u201d<\/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\/2026\/02\/sean-cairncross-cybersecurity-agenda-less-regulation-more-cooperation-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. 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