She said at her confirmation hearing that CISA needs to be “smaller, more nimble” and it has gone “far off-mission.”

The report gave CISA high marks for its election security work but raised questions about a lack of strategic guidance from DHS.

Disinformation scholars worry that a formal government apparatus to label and quash disinformation could be manipulated by partisan politics.

Former government officials will lead a review of DHS's disinformation work and help Secretary Mayorkas determine how to continue.