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Trump nominates Sean Plankey to run top US cyber agency

ID: d1675d2e-42e0-5c3b-9be3-03a72bc7ac12

STIX ID: report--d1675d2e-42e0-5c3b-9be3-03a72bc7ac12

Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

Date Published: 2025-03-11

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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A news article reports that Sean Plankey, a former DOE and NSC cyber official and U.S. Coast Guard veteran, has been nominated to lead CISA, drawing praise from cyber policy figures who expect a refocus on risk reduction and countering China amid ongoing political scrutiny of the agency. In prior comments, Plankey advocated Know Your Customer rules for cloud providers, stronger reciprocity with foreign partners, and tighter supply-chain security, referencing incidents like the 2023 Microsoft cloud breach by Chinese actors. The piece also lists other national security nominees advanced alongside Plankey.

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