Sean Plankey, President Trump's pick to lead CISA, withdraws from consideration after resistance from Sen. Rick Scott stalled his nomination for over a year
Spokespeople for the White House, DHS and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sean Plankey, President Trump's pick to lead CISA, withdraws from consideration after resistance from Sen. Rick Scott stalled his nomination for over a year
Spokespeople for the White House, DHS and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Trump administration proposes cutting CISA's budget for 2027 by $707M+ to help the agency refocus on its “core mission”, not “weaponization and waste”
The Trump administration is planning to cut the budget of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency by at least $707 million for 2027.
Sources: the Trump administration cut 176 CISA jobs last week, as part of laying off 4,000+ US federal workers, and is likely to make further mass CISA layoffs
Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity :
CISA issues an emergency directive ordering US federal agencies to secure their Cisco firewall devices against two flaws exploited in zero-day attacks
CISA has issued a new emergency directive ordering U.S. federal agencies to secure their Cisco firewall devices against two flaws that have been exploited in zero-day attacks.
President Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal suggests slashing $491M from CISA's ~$3B budget, claiming the 17% cut would refocus CISA “on its core mission”
A budget summary doesn't give specific details on which programs it would cut, instead providing a broad outline. — Learn more.
President Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal suggests slashing $491M from CISA's ~$3B budget, claiming the cut “refocuses CISA on its core mission”
A budget summary doesn't give specific details on which programs it would cut, instead providing a broad outline. — Learn more. Bluesky: @GossiTheDog.cyberplace … Bluesky: Kevin Beaumont / @GossiThe...
CISA says it will extend funding to Mitre, which runs the CVE Program, and “there will be no lapse in critical CVE services”, after Mitre said funding expired
CISA says the U.S. government has extended MITRE's funding to ensure no continuity issues with the critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program.
Senator Ron Wyden plans to block Sean Plankey's nomination to head CISA until the agency releases a 2022 report detailing security flaws at US telecom companies
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
President Trump nominates Sean Plankey, the director of cyber policy at the White House during the first Trump administration, to run CISA
President Trump has nominated Sean Plankey, a veteran cyber official from his first administration, to run the lead U.S. cyber agency, according to a list of nominations sent to Congress.