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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 30: White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government heard testimony from Vought on President Trump’s FY2027 budget request. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump budget boss Russell Vought open to re-staffing CISA

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has been floating the idea of adding back 600 CISA personnel after deep Trump administration cuts.
US President Donald Trump holds a singed executive order about quantum computing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2026. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

What the post-quantum executive order really demands of CISOs

With federal PQC deadlines set for 2030 and 2031, CISOs face a multi-year transformation program that most organizations have not yet started. The window for orderly execution…
A aide holds a binder as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified during the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing titled “A Review of the President’s FY2027 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security,” in Dirksen building on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

CyberCorps is adapting to AI. The budget isn’t keeping up.

CyberCorps is evolving to tackle AI threats. But budget cuts could derail it before the work even starts.
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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin pinpoints optimal CISA staffing levels

He told lawmakers that he wants approximately 600 more people than it has now, which would still be well below personnel numbers prior to Trump’s second term.
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