Covered by 3 outlets — first reported by CyberScoop, Nov 10, 03:38 UTC
Trump picks Palantir’s LoSapio to head CISA
Summary
President Donald Trump has nominated Michael LoSapio, an executive at the government contractor Palantir, to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the US civilian cyber defense agency. The Record describes him as Palantir's chief information officer, while The Register calls him its security chief. CISA has had no Senate-confirmed director throughout Trump's second term, and CyberScoop and The Record say the nomination could face resistance, with the timing of a lame-duck Senate vote uncertain.
AI summary by the SecurityTabs newsroom, checked against CyberScoop, The Record, The Register Security. Read the outlets below for the full story.
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3 outlets, in the order they reported it.
CyberScoopFirst report
Trump picks Palantir’s LoSapio to head CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has gone without a Senate-confirmed director for all of Trump’s second term, and Michael LoSapio could face resistance, too.
The Record
Palantir exec nominated to lead CISA; lame-duck Senate vote is uncertain
Michael LoSapio, Palantir's chief information security officer, is officially President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
The Register Security
Trump taps Palantir security chief to run battered US cyber defense agency
President Donald Trump has nominated Palantir security chief Michael LoSapio to lead CISA, putting an executive from the controversial government supplier in line to run America's civilian cyber defense agency.
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