Rep. Garbarino expected to play key cyber role, focus on CISA’s collaborative relations with industry

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) will take on a more prominent role as a cybersecurity leader in the new Congress and is expected to embrace a strategy articulated by outgoing House Homeland Security ranking member John Katko (R-NY) to “cement” CISA’s role as a “stakeholder-centric” agency rather than a cyber regulator.

Garbarino was handily re-elected to a second term representing the Long Island-based 2^nd District and is likely to continue his role as top Republican on the House Homeland Security cyber...