{"id":2412778,"date":"2025-03-12T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-cybersecurity-head-named-as-agency-reviews-election-work\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:36:19","slug":"new-cybersecurity-head-named-as-agency-reviews-election-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-cybersecurity-head-named-as-agency-reviews-election-work\/","title":{"rendered":"New cybersecurity head named as agency reviews election work"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-cybersecurity-head-named-as-agency-reviews-election-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald\u200c Trump has nominated Sean Plankey to lead the\u200d U.S. Cybersecurity\u2062 and Infrastructure Security agency \u200c(CISA) \u2062as the agency reviews\u2063 its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-agrees-to-hear-oral-arguments-on-mark-meadowss-emergency-motion-in-georgia-election-case\/\" title=\"Appeals Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Meadows&#039;s Emergency Motion in GA Election Case.\">election-related \u2064activities<\/a>. \u200bCISA \u2064operates under the Department \u200bof Homeland\u2063 Security, \u200bwhere\u2062 Secretary Kristi Noem has expressed \u200cintentions\u2062 to refocus the agency, which\u2062 she believes\u200c has strayed \u200bfrom its core\u200c mission. Plankey,\u200c a retired U.S. Coast Guard officer,\u200c previously served in cybersecurity roles within the Trump administration and is praised for his \u200dexpertise, especially amid rising cyber threats. This nomination \u2062comes as CISA faces scrutiny for its\u200d handling \u2062of misinformation during elections, with several officials\u200c currently on administrative leave, following concerns about the \u2062agency&#8217;s impact on free \u2064speech.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump nominates new cybersecurity head as agency reviews election&nbsp;work<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2034439\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> named Sean Plankey to lead the U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cybersecurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Cybersecurity <\/a>and Infrastructure Security Agency.<\/p>\n<p>CISA operates under the Department of Homeland Security, where Secretary Kristi Noem promised to &ldquo;rein&rdquo; in the agency. During her confirmation hearing in January, Noem alleged that CISA had drifted &ldquo;far off mission.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3344692\/republicans-wage-campaign-against-american-bar-association\/\">Republicans wage campaign against American Bar Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3343081\/humphreys-executor-supreme-court-precedent-trump-wants-overturned\/\">Humphrey&#8217;s Executor: What is the 90-year-old precedent Trump wants overturned?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3344309\/why-thomas-massie-is-not-liz-cheney\/\">Why Thomas Massie isn&#8217;t Liz Cheney<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Plankey retired from the United States Coast Guard in 2023 and is joining the Trump administration a second time. During Trump&rsquo;s first term, Plankey worked as director for cyber policy at the National Security Council and then as principal deputy assistant energy secretary for cybersecurity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-passes-legislation-to-prevent-fracking-ban\/\" title=\"Senate GOP passes legislation to prevent fracking ban\">energy security<\/a>, and emergency response. U.S. Telecom President and CEO Jonathan Spalter praised Plankey&rsquo;s return.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As our nation navigates an increasingly complex cyber threat landscape from sophisticated adversaries, effective public-private sector collaboration is more essential than ever to ensure our security. We congratulate Sean Plankey on his nomination to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and look forward to working alongside him and the CISA team to advance this critical mission,&rdquo; Spalter said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ustelecom.org\/ustelecom-congratulates-sean-plankey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump created the agency in 2018 but fired its first director, Chris Krebs, after Krebs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1273884\/top-cybersecurity-official-fired-by-trump-says-he-was-most-upset-he-didnt-get-to-say-goodbye-to-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"assured\">assured<\/a> voters the 2020 election was &ldquo;the most secure in American history.&rdquo; Brian Ware, who was then the assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, also resigned.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3339199\/trump-sets-the-record-straight-on-why-he-thanked-roberts-at-joint-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON WHY HE THANKED ROBERTS AT JOINT ADDRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CISA was behind the warnings of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">foreign misinformation campaigns ahead<\/a> of the 2024 election. One particular alert was due to fake videos out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3142954\/doj-accuses-russia-state-media-influence-us-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Russia\">Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now the agency is reviewing its own work surrounding elections. Already a dozen officials have been placed on administrative leave. Since 2020, CISA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2571875\/ex-twitter-executive-wanted-dhs-censorship-panel-to-meet-with-conservative-blacklister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"claimed\">claimed<\/a> it only flagged misinformation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a> but never crossed over into censorship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2034439\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2034439\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump appoints Sean Plankey as head of cybersecurity agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2412779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25034685531223.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6105,19536,3728,50402,4133],"class_list":["post-2412778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-agency","tag-cybersecurity","tag-election","tag-leadership-2","tag-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25034685531223.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412778"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412783,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412778\/revisions\/2412783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}