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Senate panel OKs Trump’s national cyber director nominee

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican National Committee Chief Operating Officer Sean Caincross to become the U.S.’s next national cybersecurity director has been cleared by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for a confirmation vote at the full Senate, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Inadequate experience, planned cyber spending cuts hurled at Trump’s national cyber director pick

Sean Caincross, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the national cyber director, was interrogated about his lack of background in cybersecurity and the proposed significant reduction in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency spending for fiscal year 2026 during his confirmation hearing before the senate, according to The Record, a news site by…

Discontinuation of CISA’s mobile app security program untimely, lawmaker says

House Homeland Security subcommittee on cybersecurity chair Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., has expressed opposition to the cessation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Mobile App Vetting Program following the Salt Typhoon hack of U.S. telecommunications firms that impacted federal agencies, reports CyberScoop.