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House Appropriations Committee

Chair Katie Britt, R-Ala. (R), and Ranking Member Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., (L) appear as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 8. Noem testified before the Homeland Security Subcommittee about her department’s FY 2026 budget request. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity’

He’s the latest Democrat who sits on an appropriations panel to sharply criticize CISA personnel reductions and proposed funding cuts.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (R) greets House Appropriations’ Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Nev., before a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 6. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House appropriators have reservations — or worse — about proposed CISA cuts

A top Republican said lawmakers needed more information about the proposed reductions, while Democrats were more searing in their criticisms.
Brandon Wales of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on May 11, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Ivanti-linked breach of CISA potentially affected more than 100,000 individuals

A senior CISA official shared details with CyberScoop regarding the incident after the agency notified Congress about it on Friday.
Jen Easterly (L), Director of the Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director, testify during their confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Key lawmakers to CISA: Let us send you more money, power

One never can be sure Congress will get its proposals across the finish line, but a pro-CISA sentiment abounds.
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