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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Harry Coker is an American lawyer and national security expert. He is currently serving as National Cyber Director.[1] Coker served as the executive director of the National Security Agency from 2017 to 2019.

Since 2019, Coker has worked as a senior fellow at the Auburn University McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security. A graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School, Coker was a naval officer for twenty years before joining the Central Intelligence Agency in 2000.[2]

Education and Navy career

Coker graduated from the United States Naval Academy.[2] He earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and attended the Naval Postgraduate School.[2]

Coker served as a surface warfare officer for his first six years in the United States Navy and was an engineering duty officer until he retired as a Commander in 2000.[2]

Professional career

After leaving the Navy, Coker joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[2] For seventeen years, he worked in the CIA Directorate for Digital Innovation, the Directorate of Science and Technology, and the Director's area.[3] Coker was the director of the open source enterprise and served as the deputy director of the CIA office of public affairs.[3] Coker served on the executives diversity and inclusion council (EDIC).[2]

From 2017 to 2019, Coker was the executive director at the National Security Agency.[4] In 2019, Coker became a senior fellow at the Auburn University McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.[4] In 2020, Coker was a member national security staff during the presidential transition of Joe Biden.[5]

On July 17, 2023, it was reported that Coker was being considered as a potential nominee for National Cyber Director.[6] He was formally nominated to the position on July 25, 2023.[1] If confirmed, he would succeed Kemba Walden, the acting National Cyber Director. The Senate Homeland Security Committee held a nomination hearing for Coker on November 2, 2023.[7] On November 15, 2023, the committee advanced his nomination by a 9–6 vote.[8][9] On December 12, 2023, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 59–40 vote.[10] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 59–40 vote.[11]

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