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Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, walks with Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, through the alleys of Rabat’s Old city on Nov. 7, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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

The nominee, who doesn’t have as much cyber experience as his predecessors, also touted his credentials and views on current threats during his Senate confirmation hearing.
(L-R) Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Tex., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino R-N.Y. listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rep. Garbarino: Ending CISA mobile app security program for feds sends ‘wrong signal’

CyberScoop is first to report on the letter to DHS from the chair of a cybersecurity subcommittee, which also addresses CISA’s role as lead coordinator with the…
With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20. Trump joined conservative House lawmakers to help push through their budget bill after it advanced through the House Budget Committee. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

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

The fate of the fiscal 2026 budget blueprint, which includes a $495 million reduction for the agency, is uncertain.
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Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, gets into a heated exchange with U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump at the Rayburn House Office Building on Dec. 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Federal cyber workforce training institute eyed in bipartisan House bill

The legislation comes amid DOGE-fueled cuts to CISA and warnings from lawmakers that Trump administration policies will cripple federal cyber recruiting.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

DOGE could scrap identity protections for those impacted by OPM breach, senator warns

Sen. Mark Warner urged OPM’s acting director to ensure identity protection services continue for the more than 21 million individuals affected by the 2015 breach.
Demonstrators raise signs and posters outside Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

CFPB to withdraw rule targeting data brokers

The Trump administration’s CFPB nominee spoke positively in February about the Biden-era rule to regulate the sale of Americans’ personal data, but he is now slotted instead…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (R) greets House Appropriations’ Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Nev., before a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 6. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House appropriators have reservations — or worse — about proposed CISA cuts

A top Republican said lawmakers needed more information about the proposed reductions, while Democrats were more searing in their criticisms.
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