A group of leading House Democrats introduced legislation Monday requiring the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to conduct an assessment of its workforce to determine whether it’s up to the task after the exit of around 1,000 employees during President Donald Trump’s second term. The concept of a force structure assessment is more common in military branches, including one that Congress previously ordered for Cyber Command.
Dems seek top-to-bottom assessment of CISA workforce
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