Senate Approves Chris Inglis as National Cyber Director

Inglis’ confirmation comes at a time when the Biden administration is dealing with multiple cybersecurity issues, including a series of ransomware attacks that have targeted the nation’s infrastructure as well as the continued fallout over the SolarWinds supply chain attack that led to follow-on attacks on 100 companies and nine federal agencies. President Joe Biden brought up attacks on critical infrastructure and other cybersecurity issues during his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday (see: Analysis: The Cyber Impact of Biden/Putin Summit Meeting).