DNI Haines Statement on the President’s Intent to Nominate Harry Coker Jr. as the National Cyber Director

DNI Haines Statement on the President’s Intent to Nominate Harry Coker Jr. as the National Cyber Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ODNI News Release No. 20-23

July 27, 2023

 

DNI Haines Statement on the President’s Intent to Nominate
Harry Coker Jr. as the National Cyber Director

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Director of National Intelligence Avril D. Haines today issued the following statement:

 

“Harry Coker Jr. is an absolutely excellent choice for National Cyber Director, with years of critical national security experience in a variety of roles, which have provided him with a wealth of knowledge on cybersecurity issues. Harry started in the Navy but over the years he has worked in so many different corners of the Intelligence Community on our hardest missions, including as a leader of the open source enterprise and in digital innovation. He has held senior roles at the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, and continued to hone his cyber expertise as a senior fellow at Auburn University's McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.

 

"In short, Harry has the right expertise, is a great leader, and a genuinely lovely human being — I have no doubt he will be as successful in this new role, if confirmed, as he has been in all of his prior roles."

 

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