It’s not clear how Sean Cairncross would address ongoing ONCD efforts, as the Trump administration has sought to refocus certain cyber priorities in the federal government.

Cairncross is a former top official at the RNC and previously led a federal foreign aid agency during the first Trump administration.

President Donald Trump is nominating RNC executive Sean Cairncross as his national cyber director, according to a list of new administration nominations obtained by Axios. Why it matters: This is the first significant cybersecurity nomination of the Trump administration,

GOP lawyer Sean Cairncross will be learning on the fly, as we also say hi to new intelligence boss Tulsi Gabbard President Trump has reportedly chosen a candidate for National Cyber Director — another top tech appointee with no professional experience in that role.