Trump officials consider skipping premier cyber conference after Biden-era cyber leader named CEO

Top Trump administration cyber officials are in discussions to cancel their attendance at the RSAC Conference taking place in San Francisco in March after a top Biden-era cyber leader was named CEO of the event, according to multiple former officials and other people with knowledge of the matter.

Officials in the White House Office of the National Cyber Director, National Security Council and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency discussed potential plans to no longer attend after Jen Easterly, the former CISA director under President Joe Biden, was named CEO of the RSAC Conference on Thursday, said the former officials and the people.

All sources for this story spoke on the condition of anonymity because the conversations aren’t public. They stressed that plans might change, but noted the discussions likely originated from the White House, which would have the final say over conference attendance. 

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