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Biden Nominates Former Intelligence Official To Be National Cyber Director

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 25th, 2023

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Biden Nominates Former Intelligence Official To Be National Cyber Director

Harry Coker, Jr., President Biden's nominee to be National Security Director. Photo: Auburn Univ. McCrary Institute

President Biden on Tuesday nominated Harry Coker, Jr., a former Navy officer and intelligence official, to be the National Cyber Director. Coker has been an operating partner with the London-based venture capital firm C5 Capital for the past year and is a senior fellow with Auburn Univ.’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security. C5 invests in cybersecurity, space, and energy security companies. He retired from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2019 as executive director following two years…

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