Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act

A bill (H.R. 3359) drafted to rename and reorganize DHS' NPPD (National Protection and Programs Directorate) as CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) was introduced by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) in July 2017. It passed in the House in December 2017, and is currently in the Senate with the Homeland Security Committee.

According to NPPD's Under Sec. Chris Krebs, "What we are trying to establish at the topline is… put a name on the door that tells stakeholders what we do,” said Krebs. “I need to be able to communicate, right out the gate. When I have that first meeting or have that phone call that says let’s work together, I’m not spending the first five minutes explaining what my name is." Here are a few more tweets and details about it.

Cyberspace is now the most active battlefield for our enemies. Today @DHSgov @SecNielsen urged Congress to pass @RepMcCaul’s hallmark legislation to transform @NPPD into a full-fledged agency—the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.https://t.co/u4DMOAzoCv

— House Homeland (@HouseHomeland) September 5, 2018

On CISA: @DHSgov @SecNielsen, "It gives us parity in the interagency, it helps us work with international partners, and it helps with the private sector's understanding of where to go" ... "It's not just a name change" #DHSVision

— GW Cyber & Homeland (@gwcchs) September 5, 2018

@HouseHomeland bill on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: cyber and physical protection together.https://t.co/1J8TSFO7DE

— Suzanne Spaulding (@SpauldingSez) July 25, 2017

Catch @nppd_krebs talking about the National Risk Management Center and pending legislation to establish a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS on @GovMattersTV this Sunday @ 10:30am on @ABC7News. pic.twitter.com/yJ04wkGq8V

— National Protection and Programs Directorate (@NPPD) August 31, 2018