Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Cybersecurity

Senator Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada

Responsibilities

• Created in 2017 following Russian hacking attempts against the US, the Senate Subcommittee on Cybersecurity is responsible for the policies and programs related to cyber forces, operations and capabilities within the DoD. 
• Rosen recently led questioning of Gen. William Hartman, acting commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, about the challenges he faces in creating a dynamic cyber workforce during a time of hiring freezes and cuts. While acknowledging the challenges, Hartman explained that the Cybercom 2.0 model that outlines the modernization of U.S. Cyber Command remains on track. 
• For the full transcript, refer to: https://www.cybercom.mil/Media/News/Article/4150133/posture-statement-of-lieutenant-general-william-j-hartman/

Stated Priorities

• Strengthen cybersecurity alliances. Rosen successfully proposed that cybersecurity be included in the Abraham Accords, a series of diplomatic treaties between the U.S., Israel, the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco.
• Champion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in both teaching and job training. 
• Advocate of protecting Lake Mead and Lake Tahoe.

Committees/Caucuses

Senate Committee on Armed Services.

Senate Committee on Commerce. 

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness.

Emerging Threats and Capabilities & Strategic Forces subcommittees.

Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation.

Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media.

• Chair of the Senate’s bipartisan Comprehensive Care Caucus.
• Co-founder and Co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism and the Abraham Accords Caucus.
• Co-founder and Co-chair of the bipartisan Women in STEM Caucus. In 2019, her sponsored Building Blocks of STEM Act was signed into law to increase the participation of young girls in computer science and related education. 

Political/Business Career

• U.S. Senator from Nevada (2019-present). 
• Representative from Nevada (D-3rd Congressional District), which includes Southern Las Vegas. (2017-2019). 
• Computer software developer. Worked as a computer programmer at several companies in Southern Nevada.

Education

• Graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1979 with a B.S degree. 

• Earned an associate’s degree in computing and information technology from Clark County Community College (1985), now the College of Southern Nevada. 

Background

Jacky Sheryl Rosen was born in Chicago, IL, on August 2, 1957 to Carol and Leonard Spektor. Her mother worked as a homemaker. Her father, who served in the Korean War, owned a car dealership.

Personal

Married to Larry Rosen, a radiologist, and they have a daughter.