Cybersecurity Dive September 10, 2025
In his first major address after confirmation, Sean Cairncross said the U.S. needs to take bold, coordinated steps to counter authoritarian rivals.
National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said the Trump administration plans a whole-of-nation approach in order to combat the threat of malicious cyberattacks from the U.S.’s top geopolitical rivals.
Cairncross delivered the opening keynote at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, saying the administration will push forward an aggressive new posture to counter the risks presented by authoritarian regimes like China.
He said American digital networks have been under assault by threat actors that are using espionage, intellectual property theft, ransomware, political influence campaigns and prepositioning malware on our critical infrastructure.
However, unlike centrally controlled authoritarian regimes, the U.S....
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