As one former senior national security official told me earlier:
Some other things he said that aren't in story:
- Hiring sprint underway in CISA to bring 329 new people, ~180 will have offers by end of month
- SFS interns have already started this pay period, he told reporters. My most recent CyberCorps/SFS story here:
www.nextgov.com/people/2026/...
New guidance requires programs to ensure that incoming scholars will be able to demonstrate skills at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, a move that fast-tracks changes outlined in recent Natio...www.nextgov.com
POTUS says Pulte will take over as acting DNI beginning June 19. Gabbard was originally supposed to leave her post at the end of this month.
David DiMolfetta
The remarks are an acknowledgment that agencies can't protect every system equally through patching, and must instead focus their often limited resources on networks whose compromise could cause the greatest damage. AI-enabled threats have also informed the directive, he said.
