Biden appoints NSA’s Anne Neuberger to key national security position

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on Wednesday announced the appointment of Anne Neuberger, the director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency, to serve in a new role on his National Security Council.

Neuberger will serve as deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology in the incoming Biden administration, with the role created as the federal government continues to grapple with the fallout of the Russian hack of IT group SolarWinds.

The Biden transition team also announced Wednesday that former deputy Energy Secretary Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall would serve as deputy national security adviser and homeland security adviser, while Russ Travers, the former acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center, will serve as deputy homeland security adviser.