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Jen Easterly , the director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA ) , will depart the government agency after more than three years at the helm .
Both Easterly and the agency ’s deputy director Nitin Natarajan will depart CISA on January 20 as the new Trump organization start out , grant to NextGov , whichfirst reportedthe leaving , citing sources .
CISA spokesperson Antonio Soliz confirmed the executive leading departures in an email to TechCrunch . “ All appointees of the Biden Administration will vacate their positions by the meter the young Administration takes office at midday on January 20 , ” say Soliz .
Easterly is the second conductor to top CISA sincethe means ’s institution in 2018 . Soon after taking office , the Biden administration nominated Easterlyin April 2021 to channelize the cybersecurity way , filling the eight - month vacancy go forth behind after then - President Trumpfired the representation ’s first director , Chris Krebs , for publicly expose Trump ’s false claim that the 2020 U.S. election was rig .
During Easterly ’s tenure at CISA , the cybersecurity means initiate new initiativesaimed at encouraging twist Creator to secure their products and engineering by default , and continued toeducate and inform the wider manufacture of cybersecurity risks , all the while helping todefend the U.S. government from Russian - backed hacksandChinese hacking groupstargetingU.S. critical infrastructure .
CISA was also key inhelping to support the Ukrainian governmentagainst the full and wide - scale invading Russian military group , admit cyberattacks , in 2022 .
Prior to CISA , Easterly wait on as the head of Morgan Stanley ’s cybersecurity division , and previously held several senior positions in the U.S. Army , the National Security Agency , and U.S. Cyber Command .
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The Trump administration ’s transition team has not yet say who it will piece , if anyone , to head CISA from January 20 .
