Security Staff Acquisition & Development

The Senate has failed to confirm Sean Plankey as the leader of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ahead of the Christmas holiday, extending a leadership gap at the federal government's primary cyberdefense agency, Nextgov/FCW reports.

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The continued threats to the nation’s critical infrastructure demand that Congress approves a CISA director sooner than later.

DefenseScoop reports that ISACA, an information technology group, has taken over the responsibility for training and giving credentials to assessors under the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 program amid concerns about a shortage of qualified third-party evaluators.

FedScoop reports that Gene Dodaro, retiring comptroller general of the Government Accountability Office, has warned senators that both federal cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection are not being given the urgency they require, leaving the country increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Deputy Chief Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd has been recommended by President Donald Trump to helm the dual-hat role of spearheading the National Security Agency and the Cyber Command over eight months after the firing of Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh and his deputy, Wendy Noble, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.