- Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek announced that they are leaving cisa
- Neither said where they would go next time
- Departure and redundancies could cause a brain drain at CISA
US cyber security and infrastructure security agency (CISA) have lost two senior officials on the same day. Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek both announced that they were leaving the agency on LinkedIn, in an hour.
Bob Lord served as senior technical adviser at CISA since 2022. Before that, he was the head of security officer of the Democratic National Committee of 2018, where he took office after spending about two years as Yahoo’s Chief Information Security Officer.
Lauren Zabierek, on the other hand, was a CISA Senior Advisor with previous roles in the registered future and National Geosppatial-Intelligence Agency.
Brain drains
Both expressed their gratitude for having been given the opportunity to serve their country and none of them said where they would go from here.
In a new report, the record says the departures are the latest sign of a “brain drain” that takes place at CISA. “The Trump administration could soon ax up to 1,300 employees and cut about half of CISA’s full-time employees and another 40% of its contractors,” it said.
The publication also recalled that the agency also tried to fire 130 probe staff but was blocked by the court. The Department of Homeland Security also tried to buy employees who voluntarily retire before April 14.
CISA CEO Bridget Bean said the agency “remains laser -focused on working across public and private sectors to improve the country’s cyber security.”
“This is why we continue to encourage companies to develop products that are safe in design, rather than passing on the cost of poorly designed products to consumers,” she added. “While CISA’s approaches to secure by design develop, our commitment to the principles remains steadfast. I thank Bob Lord and Lauren Zabierek for helping to lay the foundation on which the future work in this space can be built.”
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