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Jen Easterly

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)

Sean Plankey nomination to lead CISA appears to be over after Thursday vote

A hold from Sen. Rick Scott, R- Fla., over a Coast Guard contract appears to be the major reason why.
Jen Easterly, director of the Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies before the House (Select) Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Easterly: Cybersecurity is a software quality problem 

The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wants to see major changes in how companies develop software.
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