CISA's first go-around in budget process reveals agency's plan for addressing changing threats

The DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hit a milestone this week in its first budgetary process, with CISA offering a list of organizational and policy reforms to address changing cyber threats – emphasizing counterintelligence and situational awareness – and to strengthen protections for federal and state data and networks for crucial services and functions.

The House Appropriations Committee voted 29-20 along party lines today to push out its first DHS budget since CISA was established late last year, with...