Although it sounds like a small thing, a new name for the Department of Homeland Security’s key cybersecurity component would go a long way toward making it more effective and attracting a technically skilled workforce, its top manager told lawmakers.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency Act of 2917, sponsored by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, would elevate and rebrand the National Protection and Programs Directorate. The bill was approved out of committee last July, but touches on the jurisdiction of multiple committees and faces headwinds in the Senate.
