- Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek announced that they were leaving Cisa
- None of the two said where they would go then
- Resignations and redundancies could cause brain brains to Cisa
The American Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Agency (CISA) lost two senior officials on the same day. Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek both announced that they left the agency on LinkedIn, in the space of an hour.
Bob Lord has been a main technical advisor at the CISA since 2022. Before that, he was director of security for the National Democratic Committee from 2018, where he joined after having spent about two years as Yahoo Information Security Director.
Lauren Zabierek, on the other hand, was a CISA’s main advisor with previous roles in the registered future and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
Brain drain
The two expressed their gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve their country, and neither have said where they would go from here.
In a new report, the file indicates that departures are the last sign of a “brain flight” which takes place in Cisa. “The Trump Administration could soon chop up to 1,300 employees, reducing approximately half of CISA full-time staff and 40% of its entrepreneurs,” he said.
The publication also recalled that the agency had also tried to dismiss 130 provisional staff members but was blocked by the court. In addition, the Ministry of Internal Security tried to buy employees who voluntarily resigned by April 14.
CISA Executive Director, Bridget Bean, said the agency “remains laser to work in the public and private sectors to improve cybersecurity in the country”.
“This is why we continue to urge companies to develop products secured by design, instead of transmitting the cost of products poorly designed to consumers,” she added. “While Cisa’s approaches to secure by design evolve, our commitment to principles remains firm. I thank Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek for helping to lay the foundations on which future work in this space can be built. ”
Via The record
