President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security chief wants to forge closer ties with the private sector in the cyber arena. Gen. John F. Kelly (Ret.), a more than four-decade veteran of the Marine Corps, appeared this week before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for his confirmation hearing. Kelly would take charge of a broad portfolio of government agencies and missions, including the Coast Guard, border security, immigration enforcement and much of the nation’s non-military cybersecurity operations. Kelly has faced relatively little preemptive criticism at his hearing for his long and varied record of military service.”]

