CISA Congressional Testimony

Congress often asks CISA leadership and management to testify about the agency’s operations and activities related to cybersecurity. This page includes Congressional testimonies from December 12, 2018 (during the 115th Congress) through present day, addressing various national cybersecurity issues, as well as on the state, local, tribal and territorial and private sector levels.

Date	Hearing Title	Summary
May 10, 2023	Evaluating High-Risk Security Vulnerabilities at our Nation’s Ports	Testimony of Jen Easterly, Director, CISA before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security
April 27, 2023	CISA 2025: The State of American Cybersecurity from CISA’s Perspective	Testimony of Jen Easterly, Director, CISA before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation
March 28, 2023	Budget Request - Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	Testimony of Jen Easterly, Director, CISA before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
September 22, 2022	Federal Building Security: Examining the Risk Assessment Process	Testimony of Scott Breor, Associate Director, ISD, CISA before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability
September 15, 2022	Building On Our Baseline: Securing Industrial Control Systems Against Cyberattacks	Testimony of Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director, CSD, CISA before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation
August 3, 2022	Protecting Our Democracy’s Frontline Workers	Testimony of Kim Wyman, Senior Election Security Advisor, OCOS, CISA before the Senate Judiciary Committee
June 28, 2022	Combating Ransomware: From Our Small Towns in Michigan to D.C.	Testimony of Matt Hartman, Deputy Executive Assistant Director, CSD, CISA before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism
May 17, 2022	Securing the DotGov: Examining Efforts to Strengthen Federal Network Cybersecurity	Testimony of Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director, CSD, CISA before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation
April 28, 2022	Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency	Testimony of Jen Easterly, Director, CISA before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
April 6, 2022	Mobilizing Our Cyber Defenses: Maturing Public-Private Partnerships to Secure U.S. Critical Infrastructure	Testimony of Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director, CSD, CISA before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation
March 17, 2022	HBCUs at Risk: Examining Federal Support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities	Testimony of Sean Haglund, Associate Director, Office for Bombing Prevention, ISD, CISA before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee
November 17, 2021	A Whole-of-Government Approach to Combatting Ransomware: Examining DHS’s Role	Testimony of Brandon Wales, Executive Director, CISA before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism
November 16, 2021	Cracking Down on Ransomware: Strategies for Disrupting Criminal Hackers and Building Resilience Against Cyber Threats	Testimony of Brandon Wales, Executive Director, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security for a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Reform.
November 3, 2021	Evolving the U.S. Approach to Cyber Security: Raising the Bar Today to Meet the Threats of Tomorrow	Testimony of Jen Easterly, Director, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security before the U.S. House of Representatives, Homeland Security Committee
November 2, 2021	Emergency Communications	Testimony of Billy Bob Brown, Executive Assistant Director, Emergency Communications Division, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security before the U.S. House of Representatives, Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications.
July 27, 2021	America Under Cyber Siege: Preventing and Responding to Ransomware Attacks	Testimony of Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director, CSD, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security for a hearing before the U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary
July 27, 2021	Defending the U.S. Electric Grid Against Cyber Threats	Testimony of Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security for a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on National Security.
June 10, 2021	Nomination Hearing	Testimony of Jen Easterly, Nominee for the position of Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
May 11, 2021	Prevention, Response, and Recovery: Improving Federal Cybersecurity Post-SolarWinds	Testimony of Brandon Wales, Executive Director, CISA U.S. Dept of Homeland Security for a hearing before the U.S. Senate, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
March 4, 2020	Dangerous Partners: Big Tech and Beijing	Testimony of Bryan Ware, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism.
October 22, 2019	Securing America’s Elections Part II: Oversight of Government Agencies	Testimony of Matthew Masterson, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary
May 22, 2019	Securing U.S. Election Infrastructure and Protecting Political Discourse	Testimony of Christopher Krebs, Director, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security for a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security.
May 14, 2019	5G: The Impact on National Security, Intellectual Property, and Competition	Testimony of Christopher Krebs, Director, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security for a hearing before the U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary.
May 1, 2019	CISA Fiscal Year 2020 President’s Budget	Testimony of Christopher Krebs, Director, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security for a hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
February 26, 2019	Securing U.S. Surface Transportation from Cyber Attacks	Testimony of Robert Kolasky, Director, National Risk Management Center, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.
December 12, 2018	China’s Non-traditional Espionage Against the United States: The Threat and Potential Policy Responses	Testimony of Christopher Krebs, Director, CISA, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security for a hearing before the U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary.