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Cairncross Addresses USTelecom's Cyber Innovation Forum on the Cyber Strategy for America

March 27, 2026 · USTelecom - The Broadband Association · 0:22:32

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What happened

National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross addressed the Cyber Innovation Forum of USTelecom — The Broadband Association, in a session published March 27, 2026. According to USTelecom, the forum followed the release of President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America, and Cairncross — the White House’s National Cyber Director — was its featured speaker, addressing the broadband industry whose networks carry the traffic the strategy is meant to defend.

Why it matters

The telecom sector is where the strategy meets its hardest test: the Salt Typhoon intrusions into U.S. carriers are the standing example Cairncross’s confirmation questioners pressed him on, and this forum put the strategy’s author in front of the industry that has to implement its defensive half.

Sources: USTelecom — The Broadband Association, “A Conversation with White House National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross,” Cyber Innovation Forum, March 2026 (embedded above). All characterizations as stated by Mr. Cairncross and USTelecom.