DHS poised to begin implementation phase in standing up new cybersecurity agency

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has been cited as a bulwark of stability amid turmoil at DHS this week, but it’s worth noting that CISA is only in the “second phase” of its implementation, with the third part – to “actually execute” the plan – slated to begin this summer, according CISA Director Christopher Krebs.

Standing up the new agency, which was established last November under federal law, comes as CISA has been simultaneously working on such front-burner issues as...