Lawmakers also need to take action on legislation to better harmonize federal cybersecurity regulations, Democrats’ staff director on a key Senate committee said.

The 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act provides vital legal protections for cyber threat sharing initiatives, they say.

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

The bipartisan group is particularly focused on the department's lack of multi-factor authentication.

The legislation would require the disclosure of at least the top-line budget request for each of the 16 intelligence agencies.