After Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., placed a hold on Sean Plankey’s nomination to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, cybersecurity policy executives and staff from both the U.S. government and private sector have begun pushing Scott’s office to pull the hold and free up valuable procedural time, according to four people familiar with the matter. “It is irresponsible and dangerous to the point of malfeasance to leave CISA leaderless in a time of digital war,” Bob Ackerman, a major cybersecurity industry investment figure who chairs the Global Cyber Innovation Summit, said in a statement. The lack of a permanent leader at the cyberdefense agency comes as the Trump administration is readying a national cybersecurity strategy, with a release timeline set for early January, said one of the people.
Author: David DiMolfetta
Published at: 2025-12-04 22:33:06
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