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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

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.
Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the second Trump administration speaks during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing to examine the President’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal in Capitol Hill on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

White House charts new course for federal agencies and cybersecurity logging

A Trump administration memo published last week replaces one from its predecessor, with at least one analyst fearful of potential harmful results.
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Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of defense startup

UFORCE, a London-based company founded by Ukrainians, is looking to make drones in America.
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