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Hard To Say How Shutdown Impacts DHS’ Cyber Efforts, Former Official Says

Hard To Say How Shutdown Impacts DHS’ Cyber Efforts, Former Official Says
Suzanne Spaulding, senior advisor for Homeland Security and International Programs at CSIS. Photo: CSIS

With scant information coming from the Department of Homeland Security, it’s difficult to say how the ongoing shutdown is impacting its ability to carry out cyber security missions, according to a former senior department official. It’s unknown how many staff and contractors and the specific activities they perform are affected by the shutdown, Suzanne Spaulding, who ran what is now the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency (CISA) during part of the Obama administration, said in answers to questions posed by…

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