Trump administration considers Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar for CISA director role
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Martin Matishak
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The Trump administration is considering Shyam Sankar, the chief technology officer at Palantir Technologies, as a lead candidate to fill the long-vacant director role at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Sources familiar with the matter confirmed Sankar's emergence as a top contender, though a White House official later disputed the potential selection.
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· 3 pulledShyam Sankar, the chief technology officer at Palantir Technologies, has emerged as a lead contender for the long vacant Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) director role
Following publication of this story, a White House official disputed the potential selection
according to two sources familiar with the matter
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