Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, said during her nomination hearing today that she plans to cut back and “refocus” the mission of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) if she is confirmed to lead DHS.
Noem told members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs that the cybersecurity agency has “gotten far off mission in its work trying to counter online foreign disinformation campaigns.”
“They’re using their resources in ways that [were] never intended. The misinformation and disinformation that they have stuck their toe into and meddled with should be refocused back onto what their job is,” Noem said. “[CISA] needs to be much more effective, smaller, more nimble to really fulfill their mission.”
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