CISA leadership shakeup comes amid ‘pressure’ moment for cyber agency
CISA leadership shakeup comes amid ‘pressure’ moment for cyber agency  
Podcast: The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Published On: Mon Mar 02 2026
Description: The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for the past 10 months is out. Madhu Gottu-mukkala was transferred to another position at the Department of Homeland Security last week. His departure comes amid deep uncertainty at the cyber defense agency. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joins me.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.