Two CISA officials jump ship, both proud of pushing for Secure by Design software
Two top officials have resigned from Uncle Sam’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, furthering fears of a brain drain amid White House cuts to the federal workforce.
In Monday posts on LinkedIn, Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek both announced they were leaving the agency – tasked with, among other things, protecting America’s critical infrastructure from cyberattacks – highlighting their work on the Secure by Design program, which pressed software makers to build better security into their products from the get go.
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