Cybersecurity agency that clashed with Trump one of the first hit with federal firings due to government shutdown

NY Post ^ | 10/10/25 | Steven Nelson

[Libloather]

And away we go.

[kiryandil]

[kiryandil]

[coloradan]

They were supposed to ensure election integrity in 2020 but instead were part of the steal, I understand.

Well, bye!

[kiryandil]

[kiryandil]

[Jane Long]

Love this.

VOTED FOR THIS!!

[kiryandil]

Private-sector career

After leaving office, Krebs joined former Facebook CISO Alex Stamos at the beginning of 2021 to form Krebs Stamos Group, a cybersecurity consultancy, which quickly landed its first customer, the recently beleaguered SolarWinds.

Krebs Stamos Group was acquired by SentinelOne in late 2023, Krebs remained as the company’s chief intelligence and public policy officer.

Krebs resigned from SentinelOne in April 2025 citing personal decisions.

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The deadbeat loser Krebs should apologize to the people he got fired.

[iamgalt]

Schmukie punched himself in the face.

[kiryandil]

[heylady]

A friend that is a government employee was upset when they were told they were being designated as an “essential employee” and was the only one in their department that had to work. Maybe, just maybe they were being singled out to protect their job. We’ll see.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

2,540 employees at CISA. What the HELL do they do?

There are ~303,200 security professionals in the top 10 US-based cybersecurity firms, dwarfing CISA’s 2,540. Private firms cover much of CISA’s scope, often with greater efficiency due to market incentives.

• Threat Intelligence: CrowdStrike (8,640 US employees) and Fortinet (11,700 US) run platforms (e.g., Falcon X, FortiGuard) that share real-time threat data, rivaling CISA’s Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS). In 2024, CrowdStrike’s intel disrupted ransomware campaigns like LockBit, overlapping with CISA’s alerts.
• Vulnerability Management: Zscaler (5,225 US) and SentinelOne (2,375 US) offer scanning and patching tools, often outpacing CISA’s Cyber Hygiene scans (which reached ~10,000 orgs in 2024). Private tools are pricier but integrate better with enterprise systems.
• Incident Response: IBM Security (160,000 US, security-focused) and McAfee (6,300 US) provide rapid response, mirroring CISA’s role in breaches like Colonial Pipeline 2021. Private firms often lead on client-specific fixes, while CISA coordinates broader fallout.
• Tools and Training: Okta (5,510 US) and ServiceNow (19,100 US) offer identity management and training, similar to CISA’s free tools (e.g., Protective DNS Resolver, Cybersecurity Awareness Month kits), but with premium support and higher costs.

"Free tools" from your government. Yeah, I'm sure they run rings around private sector solutions.

[kiryandil]

Good for them! 🙂

[11th_VA]

Schedule another 4000 layoffs for next Friday as well

[Jane Long]

2,540 employees at CISA. What the HELL do they do?

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Here’s what the FORMER head of CISA did …

FLASHBACK ….

Krebs, the former head of CISA, is a significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his government authority.
Krebs, through CISA:

Suppressed conservative viewpoints under the guise of combatting purported misinformation, and recruited and coerced major social media platforms to further its partisan mission.

Covertly worked to blind the American public to the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Promoted the censorship of election information, including known risks associated with certain voting practices, and falsely and baselessly denied that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen, including by inappropriately and categorically dismissing widespread election malfeasance and serious vulnerabilities with voting machines.

Skewed the bona fide debate about COVID-19 by attempting to discredit widely shared views that ran contrary to CISA’s favored perspective.

(Much more at link)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-addresses-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks, Jane. Wow...I was unaware of that nefarious scheming by them. Great find.

[jimtorr]

CISA primary mission, at least when I interacted with them last in 2012, was protection of very classified networks.

[catnipman]

“CISA primary mission, at least when I interacted with them last in 2012, was protection of very classified networks.”

that and detecting and acting as a clearing house for cyberattacks in general ... that WAS it’s original purpose ...

but obama/biden reprogrammed it as a censorship and disinformation dissemination agency, keeping its original name as cover ...

[FLT-bird]

Fire more of them.....fire them faster.

[Democrat = party of treason]

These are all just democrap slush funds, NUKE EM