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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today released a draft of the first federal update to software bill of materials (SBOM) guidance since 2021, covering a new range of use cases, generation processes, and improvements to data quality.  […]

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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted today to approve the nomination of Sean Plankey to become the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]

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Allan Friedman, who has led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) efforts to promote the use of software bills of material (SBOM) globally as a key component of advancing cybersecurity, is leaving the agency on July 31. […]

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Sean Plankey, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), pledged at his Senate nomination hearing today to focus on the agency’s primary security missions and to push for more resources from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Congress if those are required. […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning today about possible cyberattacks on vulnerable U.S. networks and critical infrastructure coming from Iranian state actors following the June 21 bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States. […]

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The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee voted on Monday to approve a 4.6 percent year-over-year budget cut for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for fiscal year 2026 – versus the 16 percent budget reduction that the Trump administration has been offering in its budget request to Congress last month.   […]

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Bridget Bean is stepping down as executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and retiring from Federal government service, a spokesperson for the agency told MeriTalk today. […]

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The Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) would lose more than 1,000 employees under the Trump administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget proposal – totaling about 29 percent of the agency’s current workforce – new White House documents show.  […]

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem told lawmakers today that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is “back on mission,” amid concerns voiced by House and Senate members on both sides of the aisle about the Trump administration’s rationale for proposed cuts to CISA’s budget for fiscal year 2026.   […]

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem outlined her plans on Tuesday for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which she said is undergoing an assessment to better align the nation’s cyber defense agency to its original mission. […]

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Madhu Gottumukkala has been named the new deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency spokesperson confirmed today.  […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) extended its contract for the agency’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program late Tuesday night after MITRE – the non-profit organization that operates the program – alerted stakeholders to a looming cutoff of Federal funding for the program. […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) may have to run for a while without the services of Sean Plankey as director of the agency after Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said on Wednesday that he will place a hold on the nomination made by the White House last month for Plankey to head the agency. […]

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Republicans on the House Committee on Homeland Security have said that while the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) isn’t going anywhere despite Federal funding and workforce cuts, the agency needs to get back to its “core mission.”  […]

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The White House has officially nominated Sean Plankey to become the next director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a component of the Department of Homeland Security. […]

Karen Evans

Long-time Federal government IT and cybersecurity leader Karen Evans has been named executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a CISA official confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

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Troy Edgar, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), told lawmakers today that he backs the administration’s decision to disband the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), adding that the board will be reinstated “at the right time.” […]

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Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, said during her nomination hearing today that she plans to cut back and “refocus” the mission of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) if she is confirmed to lead DHS. […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a Jan. 10 report on adoption of the agency’s cross-sector cyber performance goals that finds four critical infrastructure sectors are seeing decreased cyber threats since putting the performance goals in place.   […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today released cybersecurity performance goals that the agency said will help to protect the information technology and product design sectors from cyber threats.   […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an update today regarding last week’s cybersecurity incident at the Treasury Department, stating that no other Federal agencies appear to have been impacted. […]

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