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National Cyber Director

HOUSTON, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 17: Houston Water Director, Greg Eyerly, leads a tour of The East Water Purification Plant on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 in Houston. A White House pilot project designed to boost the cybersecurity of water systems was announced on Monday in Texas. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

‘Watershed 250’ test program in Texas looks to private sector for water cybersecurity help

The six-month program will be overseen by the Office of the National Cyber Director and Texas Cyber Command to “find out what works.”
United States National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross (2nd-L) accompanied by United States Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ethan Klein (L), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios (3rd-L), U.S. President Donald Trump (R), and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (2nd-R), speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

National cyber director lays out White House plans to secure AI without writing new rules

The Trump administration executive order on artificial intelligence tried to strike the balance between responsible use, security and mutual benefit, all with an eye toward not making…
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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)

Sean Cairncross lays out what’s coming next for Trump’s cyber strategy

The national cyber director is pitching an approach that blends cyber operations with diplomacy, law enforcement and pressure on CEOs to shore up their organizations.
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