Sean Cairncross’ cybersecurity agenda: less regulation, more cooperation

The Trump administration needs help from industry to reduce the cybersecurity regulatory burden and to back important cyber legislation on Capitol Hill, among other areas, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said Tuesday.

“You know your regulatory scheme better than I do: Where there’s friction, where there’s frustration with information sharing, what sort of information is shared, the process through which it’s shared,” he said. “It is helpful for us to hear that and have that feedback so that we can address it, engage it and try to make it better.”

The Trump administration is interested in being a partner with industry rather than a “scold,” Cairncross said at an Information Technology Industry Council event. The Biden administration sought to impose more cybersecurity rules on the private sector than prior administrations.

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