Trump picks Palantir cybersecurity executive to lead CISA

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The nomination — Trump’s second attempt to fill a post that has sat vacant for his entire second term — could face steep odds in the Senate.

Published Nov. 10, 2026

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President Donald Trump has picked a tech executive to be the next director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Trump on Monday nominated Michael LoSapio, the CISO of the data analytics firm Palantir, to lead CISA. The agency has been without a Senate-confirmed director since the end of the Biden administration. Trump’s first nominee withdrew from consideration in April after his nomination languished for more than a year.

LoSapio does not havea significant management background and appears never to have worked in government before. He has spent two decades as an engineer, including brief stints at three...

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