Trump Signs Bill That Creates the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (zdnet.com) 72
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: U.S. President Donald Trump signed today a bill into law, approving the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The bill, known as the CISA Act, reorganizes and rebrands the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), a program inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as CISA, a standalone federal agency in charge of overseeing civilian and federal cybersecurity programs. The NPPD, which was first established in 2007, has already been handling almost all of the DHS' cyber-related issues and projects.
As part of the DHS, the NPPD was the government entity in charge of physical and cyber-security of federal networks and critical infrastructure, and oversaw the Federal Protective Service (FPS), the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), the Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis (OCIA), the Office of Cybersecurity & Communications (OC&C), and the Office of Infrastructure Protection (OIP). As CISA, the agency's prerogatives will remain the same, and nothing is expected to change in day-to-day operations, but as a federal agency, CISA will now benefit from an increased budget and more authority in imposing its directives. "Elevating the cybersecurity mission within the Department of Homeland Security, streamlining our operations, and giving NPPD a name that reflects what it actually does will help better secure the nation's critical infrastructure and cyber platforms," said NPPD Under Secretary Christopher Krebs. "The changes will also improve the Department's ability to engage with industry and government stakeholders and recruit top cybersecurity talent."
As part of the DHS, the NPPD was the government entity in charge of physical and cyber-security of federal networks and critical infrastructure, and oversaw the Federal Protective Service (FPS), the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), the Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis (OCIA), the Office of Cybersecurity & Communications (OC&C), and the Office of Infrastructure Protection (OIP). As CISA, the agency's prerogatives will remain the same, and nothing is expected to change in day-to-day operations, but as a federal agency, CISA will now benefit from an increased budget and more authority in imposing its directives. "Elevating the cybersecurity mission within the Department of Homeland Security, streamlining our operations, and giving NPPD a name that reflects what it actually does will help better secure the nation's critical infrastructure and cyber platforms," said NPPD Under Secretary Christopher Krebs. "The changes will also improve the Department's ability to engage with industry and government stakeholders and recruit top cybersecurity talent."
CYBER FORCE!!! (Score:2, Funny)
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Waiting for the annual Cyber Force versus Space Force football games to start.
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Waiting for the annual Cyber Force versus Space Force football games to start.
That should be pretty funny actually. On the Cyber force team we'll have a bunch of hot pocket eating guys who get winded walking to the soda machine. The Space force team will be struggling like hell once they get out of zero G. I'm guessing the score of most games will be 0-0. The winning team will be the one with the least number of cardiac incidents during the game.
LOL (Score:2, Interesting)
Adding water to the swamp now are we?
Re: LOL (Score:1)
More like a golden shower.
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How to filter this apk shit out ?
And why doesn't slashdot do it themselves ffs ?
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Slashdot is a free-speech site. Stop reading at 0 or -1 if you don't like it you nutsack.
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How to filter this apk shit out ?
I think that you can do it with a hosts file entry...
Sleep well tonight (Score:2, Troll)
Your Trump cyber force is awake.
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I doubt that there's enough force in Trump for cybering. Even with Viagra. He's just completely curdled on the inside.
No wonder he can't go out when it rains anymore. Pressure difference probably has him lying on the floor impersonating an African lungfish.
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As I was saying before some basement-dwelling snowflake downmodded me...
I doubt that there's enough force in Trump for cybering. Even with Viagra. He's just completely curdled on the inside.
No wonder he can't go out when it rains anymore. Pressure difference probably has him lying on the floor impersonating an African lungfish.
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are there that many prisons?
first task (Score:2)
All your security are belong to us (Score:3, Interesting)
The CFPB recovered billions for consumers (Score:2, Insightful)
For his next trick (Score:1)
Watch him arrest whoever his opponent in the 2020 election is.
CISA is already taken (Score:2)
CISA in the field of info security Refers to a particular ISACA certification for security auditors. It's even a trademarked acronym. Wth do these government people think they are, stomping all over companies' IP and stealing acronyms for their own use?
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I expect that if they try to file a trademark dispute against the administration, they will probably just lose their trademark entirely and the issue will be resolved that way.
I feel bad for the owners of that trademark, but there's probably shit all they can do here.
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Unfortunately..
Re: Thank you Donald! (Score:2, Insightful)
And if this was created by Obama and Trump killed it you would be here say Trump doesnt care about cyber security and killed it to make it easier for Russian hackers in 2020.
I'm glad they ... (Score:2)
... renamed it.
I feel much more secure now.
Oh, and I almost forgot: quantum bitcoin.
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DHS might see it as a chance to get rid of some low performers.
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Quantum bitcoin,
AI nanotech,
fusion, ion drive,
sex ro-bots
(to the tune of https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com])
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Well just shit! .
I could have thought of those.
I could have been a contender.
STELLA!
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