Patrick D. Gaul

Patrick D. Gaul is the executive director of the National Technology Security Coalition, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that serves as an advocacy voice for chief information security officers across the nation.

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Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

Patch the vulnerability: Confirm Sean Plankey as CISA director

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