
The Senate on Monday afternoon confirmed Jen Easterly to be the next director of the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Easterly, w a former intelligence and cyber operator in the Army and head of Morgan Stanley’s [MS] cyber defenses, was confirmed by unanimous consent. Easterly’s confirmation had been held up for nearly a month by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who had put a hold on the confirmation until Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern…