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
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.