DHS Secretary nominee Noem seeks to reaffirm CISA’s mission for hardening defenses

Homeland Security Secretary nominee Kristi Noem emphasized the importance of addressing cyber threats today at a Senate confirmation hearing, with an emphasis on shifting away from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s misinformation and disinformation work to protecting the nation’s defenses.

CISA’s mission is “hunt and harden,” Noem said. “It's to find those bad actors and help work with local and state infrastructure, critical infrastructure entities so that they can help them be prepared for such cyberattacks and that they...