Some lawmakers were frustrated with a lack of information from acting CISA director Madhu Gottumukkala on the impact of steep staffing cuts at CISA.

CISA’s $3 billion budget would see a $491 million cut from what it received in fiscal year 2025. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle wanted more detail on the rationale. As the Cybersecurity and ...

CISA’s acting director attempted to oust CIO Robert Costello, but internal pushback and DHS intervention blocked the move ...

Gottumukkala consistently defended CISA’s workforce cuts by saying that the Trump administration was putting CISA “back on ...

Madhu Gottumukkala also faced questions about a reported failed polygraph exam and attempts to reassign the agency’s chief ...

Other senior political appointees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were not happy about the move — and they ultimately helped undo it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's logo is seen at CISA headquarters in Arlington, Va., on June 11, 2025.

Last summer, the acting director of the US cybersecurity service CISA entered sensitive government documents into a public ...