The two organizations have been without a permanent leader since April, when President Donald Trump fired Gen. Timothy Haugh from the role.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly speaks at the 2022 RSAC Conference in San Francisco, Calif.

A broader Pentagon goal to shrink the nation’s defense budget over the coming five years could potentially subject the agency to further downsizing. The National Security Agency recently achieved its ...