House passes bill directing CISA to lead on training DHS employees in cyber skills

The House passed in a 337-43 vote a bill sponsored by the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to provide cybersecurity training to current Department of Homeland Security employees to fill cyber vacancies across the department.

“With cyber threats from adversaries like Russia and China on the rise, filling those vacancies is a national security imperative. Training existing DHS personnel who have already been vetted is a critical part of ensuring DHS...