Cybersecurity

Ex-NSA Executive Considered for Nomination as Cyber Director

  • Harry Coker, a Navy veteran, spent more than a decade with CIA
  • The previous director clashed with another top cyber official

Harry Coker

Source: NSA
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The White House is considering a former executive director of the National Security Agency to become the next national cyber director, according to two people familiar with the process.

Harry Coker, who also spent more than a decade at the Central Intelligence Agency, has emerged as a potential candidate to become the nation’s second cyber director, the people said. Coker didn’t respond to requests for comment.