Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Seal of CISA

CISA's future headquarters on the Elizabeth's Campus in Washington, D.C.
Agency overview
FormedNovember 26, 2018 (2018-11-26)
Preceding
  • National Protection and Programs Directorate
JurisdictionUnited States Federal Government
HeadquartersWashington, DC, United States
Motto"America's Cyber Defense Agency"
Employees3,161 (2023)[1]
Annual budget$2.9 billion (2023)
Agency executives
Parent departmentDepartment of Homeland Security
Websitecisa.gov

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for cybersecurity and infrastructure protection across all levels of government, coordinating cybersecurity programs with U.S. states, and improving the government's cybersecurity protections against private and nation-state hackers.[4]

The agency began in 2007 as the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate.[4][5] With the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, CISA's footprint grew to include roles in securing elections and the census, managing National Special Security Events, and the U.S. response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[6] It has also been involved in 5G network security and hardening the US grid against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).[6] The Office for Bombing Prevention leads the national counter-IED effort.[7]

Currently headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, in 2025 CISA is planning to move its headquarters along with 6,500 employees to a new 10 story, 620,000 sq ft building on the consolidated DHS St. Elizabeths campus headquarters.[8]

  1. ^ "CISA Hiring Hits High Score, and We're Not Done!!". 21 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Leadership". US Department of Homeland Security. September 7, 2006.
  3. ^ "NITIN NATARAJAN". Department of Homeland Security. February 16, 2021. Archived from the original on February 23, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Cimpanu, Catalin (November 16, 2018). "Trump signs bill that creates the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency". ZDNet. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  5. ^ "About CISA". Department of Homeland Security. 19 November 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ a b "National Risk Management Center | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA". cisa.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  7. ^ "OBP Fact Sheet | CISA". cisa.gov. 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  8. ^ Weisner, Molly (2023-08-17). "Homeland Security to break ground on new CISA, ICE offices". Federal Times. Retrieved 2023-08-24.

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