Trump renominates Plankey to lead CISA

Sean Plankey, nominee to be director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

President Donald Trump re-nominated Sean Plankey to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the White House said Tuesday, after the nomination failed to clear the full Senate at the end of last year.

Plankey’s name was listed alongside dozens of other nominees that Trump had sent to the Senate.

CISA is located within the Department of Homeland Security and is responsible for defending federal networks and critical infrastructure across the country. It’s been without a permanent leader for a year, and the office has lost around a third of its workforce under Trump 2.0 efforts to eliminate government spending waste.

The timing for Plankey’s ...