The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today ordered Federal government agencies to take mitigation steps to deal with a Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability that the agency warned about on Wednesday night, and to finish that work by 9 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, Aug. 11. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on August 1 that it is offering $103.8 million of grant funding to state, local, and tribal governments to “strengthen community cybersecurity.” […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an Eviction Strategies Tool on July 30 to help cyber defenders better respond to cyber incidents. […]

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). […]

Two former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) officials are looking to continue their efforts on Secure by Design outside of the agency with new gigs at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST). […]

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. […]

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. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on July 20 flagged a new warning from Microsoft on exploitation of a SharePoint vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770). […]

In its fourth attempt to get answers, Democratic lawmakers are once again pressing officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for explanations on how the agency is supporting state and local election offices ahead of the 2026 midterm election cycle. […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) component has appointed Casie Antalis to serve as the program director of its Joint Cyber Coordination Group, an agency spokesperson told MeriTalk. […]

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. […]

House Republicans pushed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s fiscal year 2026 budget plan out of committee on June 24 with higher levels of funding for the agency’s cybersecurity efforts than under the budget cut proposed by President Donald Trump.   […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program has made progress in meeting some of its key goals, but a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says the program lacks sufficient guidance for managing network security and data protection. […]

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.   […]

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. […]

Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee, is pressing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about updating cybersecurity planning for the U.S. communications sector, and on maintaining an existing program that helps to evaluate the security of mobile apps that have ties to adversarial nations. […]

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.  […]

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem told Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs members today that she supports reauthorizing legislation that encourages industry to share cyber threat information with the Federal government, citing concerns with agencies’ ability to address cyber threats absent that kind of cooperation.    […]

Matt Hartman, the deputy executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), plans to depart from the agency. His last day will be May 31. […]

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem had little new to say today in response to questioning from a top House Republican on what the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts for fiscal year 2026 would eliminate at the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA).  […]

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.   […]

The White House’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 unveiled today is lining up the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for a budget hit totaling $491 million and claiming that the cybersecurity arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is too focused on censorship that targeted President Donald Trump.   […]

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. […]

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

As Congress prepares to turn its attention to reauthorizing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, lawmakers and experts are saying that while the statute has positively impacted the nation’s cybersecurity posture it also needs improvements in information sharing going forward.   […]

Two top officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who helped lead the agency’s Secure by Design initiative are leaving the agency. […]

A pair of senators have introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a critical cyber threat data sharing law that is set to expire later this year absent further congressional action.    […]

Chris Krebs, who formerly led the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said he is leaving SentinelOne to face President Donald Trump’s accusations against him.   […]

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. […]

As the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) prepares to make cuts to its workforce, the agency needs to brief Congress on those decisions and their impact, according to a top House Democrat on security issues.  […]