Looking Back & Looking Forward CISA’s Core Mission & Emerging Cyber Threats Garbarino

But as for CISA now...

Hearing that, hearing there's a nominee on the president's desk, it has not been official yet, but the secretary made it sound like they were very close to nominating a full director.

I think Nick Anderson, who's acting right now, is doing a good job, I think.

I think he's He's got about four jobs he's doing right now, but I think he's doing a good job.

They just announced, I saw this morning, that they're going to be hiring.

I'm making an announcement for 180 people.

Since he's had a rough year, they've lost a lot of people through rifts, through retirements, and through some transfers.

A lot of brain power.

And it really, I think, it put us back.

And so I'm happy.

Naturally now, they're going to

turn around and hire.

And I'm happy.

And the secretary, he said last week he is supportive of the hirings.

He wants to see CISA be successful.

Previous secretary, I don't think, was very supportive of the agency.

So I'm happy with the new secretary.

He's supportive.

Nick is doing a great job.

Supposedly, whoever they're going to nominate is going to be great for the gig.

And luck Luckily, the White House came out with some cuts in their proposed budget.

I didn't know what the final number is.

They're marking the Homeland Bill up in the House today, the Homeland Appropriations Bill.

So I don't know where the actual CISA funding number will be, but I do not expect it to include the major cuts that the White House proposed in their budget.

So we have a bunch of people here throughout the industry in cyber.