Sean Cairncross confirmed as national cyber director Former Republican National Committee official Sean Cairncross was confirmed as the new national cyber director on Saturday night. The Senate voted 59-35 in favor of Cairncross — a former senior adviser to President Donald Trump who acknowledged during a Senate hearing in June that he has no background in cybersecurity. The Minnesota native now takes over at the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), which plays a pivotal role in dictating executive branch cyber policy and is considered critical to the federal government’s efforts to bolster cybersecurity nationwide. In a statement released by the White House, Cairncross said the U.S. government must ensure that “policy efforts and capabilities deliver results for…