CISA thanks "for helping to lay the foundation on which future work in this space can be built.”
Senior officials have announced that they are leaving CISA.
According to The Record, Bob Lord wrote on LinkedIn Monday morning that he had “made the difficult decision” to leave the agency. He joined CISA as a senior technical advisor in 2022.
Also, Lauren Zabierek, a CISA senior advisor, announced on her LinkedIn page that she is resigning from her role.
“This was not an easy choice, as service to the nation has been the cornerstone of my career, from my time in uniform, to my years in the intelligence community, and now as a senior advisor at the nation’s cyber defense agency,” she wrote.
According to CyberScoop, Lord and Zabierek led the agency's Secure by Design effort that sought the implementation of default cybersecurity protections among major vendors.
The Trump administration could soon axe up to 1,300 employees, cutting about half of CISA’s full-time staff, and another 40 percent of its contractors.
Laser Focused
In a statement, CISA executive director Bridget Bean, who is currently running the agency, said it “remains laser-focused on working across the public and private sectors to improve the nation’s cybersecurity.”
“This is why we continue to urge companies to develop products that are secure by design, instead of passing the cost of poorly designed products on to consumers,” she added.
“While CISA’s approaches to Secure by Design evolve, our commitment to the principles remain steadfast. I thank Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek for helping to lay the foundation on which future work in this space can be built.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
