
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday unanimously agreed to authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to become the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency, a change that recognizes the operational nature of the directorate in helping to protect the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructures.“This measure realigns and streamlines the department’s cyber security and infrastructure protection missions to more effectively protect the American public against cyber attacks that can cripple the nation,” Rep. Michael McCaul…