Then-Millenium challenge corporation CEO Sean Cairncross speaks during a ceremony on Aug. 5, 2019 at the presidential palace in Abidjan. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)
(L-R) Rep. Nick LaLota R-N.Y., Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Sean Cairncross, CEO, Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 2 at Grand Hyatt New York on Sept. 24, in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)
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)
Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, arrives before the start of a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in January of 2024. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, walks with Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, through the alleys of Rabat’s Old city on Nov. 7, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
The nominee, who doesn’t have as much cyber experience as his predecessors, also touted his credentials and views on current threats during his Senate confirmation hearing.
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Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (L), R-Ky., and Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., (R) listens during a nomination hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 3. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)