{"id":184196,"date":"2026-02-03T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/national-cyber-director-solicits-industry-help-in-fixing-regulations-threat-information-sharing\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:55:07","slug":"national-cyber-director-solicits-industry-help-in-fixing-regulations-threat-information-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/national-cyber-director-solicits-industry-help-in-fixing-regulations-threat-information-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"National cyber director solicits industry help in fixing regulations, threat information-sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

National cyber director solicits industry help in fixing regulations, threat information-sharing<\/a><\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0The U.S. government needs the business community\u2019s help crafting the right cybersecurity strategy, President Donald Trump\u2019s top cybersecurity official said on Tuesday.
\n\u201cWe need input from you,\u201d National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said at an event hosted by the Information Technology Industry Council. \u201cYou know your regulatory scheme better than I do \u2014 where there’s friction, where there’s frustration with information-sharing, what sort of information is shared, the process through which it\u2019s shared.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cairncross\u2019s comments come as the White House prepares to unveil its five-page national cybersecurity strategy, which will focus heavily on streamlining regulations to reduce the burden on industry, including critical infrastructure organizations.
\nThe White House wants to revise the current patchwork of cybersecurity regulations \u201cso that form follows function rather than [the rules being] a compliance checklist,\u201d said Cairncross, who has led the relatively new Office of the National Cyber Director since August.
\nThe administration intends to work with companies \u201cto figure out a way that industry can best align its resources with the assets that it needs to protect,\u201d he said.
\nAdministration officials have had \u201ca lengthy engagement with the private sector\u201d as they developed the strategy, Cairncross added.
\nBusiness groups, which often complained about the Biden administration\u2019s approach to regulation, could find the Trump administration more amenable to the industry\u2019s views as it implements the new strategy. That could mean looser rules, more corporate representation in government projects and more federal spending on tech services.
\nAmbitious but brief cybersecurity plan
\nThe strategy will also focus on modernizing the federal government, securing critical infrastructure, building the cybersecurity workforce, maintaining U.S. leadership on emerging technologies and deterring foreign cyberattacks.
\nThe deterrence pillar is likely to be a top priority for the Trump administration. Speaking at the ITI event, Cairncross bemoaned the fact that U.S. policy toward countering hackers has for decades been \u201cvery reactive,\u201d and he said the Trump administration is interested in finding new ways to \u201cdent the incentive to engage in that behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cairncross did not provide a timeline for the strategy\u2019s release, but he said the White House would publish it \u201csooner rather than later.\u201d The goal of the brief document, he explained, is \u201cto point a direction for the USG to go so resources and effort can be lined up.\u201d
\n\u201cWe are looking to put points on the board to make things work efficiently, effectively and with maximum impact in all these different priority areas,\u201d he said.
\nImportant partnerships hamstrung
\nIn discussing the strategy and other issues, Cairncross repeatedly emphasized the importance of working closely with industry. \u201cWe have to do this in partnership or this mission is not going to succeed,\u201d he said. \u201cOur administration and the President wants to be very forward-leaning and collaborate and partner with the private sector in order to do this.\u201d
\nAt the same time, the Trump administration\u2019s cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have made that collaboration more challenging and scattershot. CISA has shed key personnel and scaled back important missions as its workforce has struggled with leadership scandals and a lack of direction.
\nIn a similar vein, Cairncross said the administration was committed to convincing other countries to buy telecommunications equipment from Western vendors instead of Chinese competitors, but he did not acknowledge the Trump administration\u2019s elimination of the State Department\u2019s cyber diplomacy bureau, which led those efforts, or the Republican-led Congress\u2019s elimination of a fund meant to subsidize allies\u2019 purchases of Western-made gear.
\nChinese technology may cost less up-front, but \u201cthere is a bigger price on the back end, and when that bill comes due, it’s a problem,\u201d Cairncross said. \u201cWe are doing everything we can do to avoid that.\u201d
\nAI security policy, information sharing, and coordination
\nCairncross also discussed AI, saying his team was working with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on \u201can AI security policy framework.\u201d He offered few details but said the goal was to \u201censure that security is not viewed as a friction point for innovation, but it is built into that system.\u201d
\nWith the fate of the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act hanging in the balance, Cairncross said the Trump administration has \u201cbeen very clear\u201d that it wants Congress to reauthorize the sharing legislation for as long as possible. He encouraged companies to hammer that message home in meetings with lawmakers, saying \u201cwe need from industry is an echo chamber up on the Hill to make to help make that happen.\u201d
\nCairncross is only the third Senate-confirmed national cyber director in the four and a half years since Congress created the role to serve as the president’s chief adviser on cybersecurity policy issues. Speaking at the ITI event, he said he wanted to use his limited authority to bring together the government\u2019s disparate power centers and develop more coordinated policy.
\n\u201cWe are trying to turn a very large, decades-old ship in a new direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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