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Tim Starks

Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. His previous stops include working at The Washington Post, POLITICO and Congressional Quarterly. An Evansville, Ind. native, he’s covered cybersecurity since 2003.

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Acting Director and Deputy Director Nicholas Andersen is sworn in during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 25, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Could Nick Andersen’s leadership outlast the clock on his acting role?

Cyber

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Leak site publishes data on more than 41,000 DHS employees obtained by hacktivists

Cyber

DHS headquarters in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

DHS CIO Antoine McCord to exit agency

Transition

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Lawmakers spring to save ID theft services for OPM breach victims, with expiration looming

Policy

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CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way

Cyber

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves after a meeting on AI at the Kennedy Caucus Room at Russell Senate Office Building on Nov. 1, 2023 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Schumer seeks DHS plan on AI cyber coordination with state, local governments

Cyber

Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

CISA director pick Sean Plankey withdraws his nomination

Cyber

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CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency

Workforce

Madhu Gottumukkala, acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during the DHS oversight hearing in the Cannon House office building on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Gottumukkala out, Andersen in as acting CISA director

Cyber