A senior official at the Department of Homeland Security focused exclusively on cybersecurity is stepping down and heading to the private sector, Cyberscoop reported.
Bryan Ware, who in January became assistant director of cybersecurity for DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, had been asked to resign as part of a thinning of President Donald Trump's administration following several media outlets' calls in favor of Joe Biden, Reuters reported.
A former technology entrepreneur, Ware has helped lead CISA’s efforts to protect healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry from criminal and state-sponsored hacking.
He’s also made a point of getting better data, with the help of software tools, into the hands of CISA analysts for tracking hacking campaigns.
Ware’s last day on the job is Friday. He told CyberScoop he’s looking to start a new technology company.
''I’m very proud of the work that CISA has done this year,'' Ware said. ''And I think against significant odds, the work we did on [protecting] elections is really a testament to what this agency can do.
''We’ve leaned into protecting the nation’s COVID response,'' Ware told Cyberscoop.
''There’s nowhere that said that pandemic response was within our job, but we realized very quickly that our adversaries … whether they’re state actors or criminal actors, that they could present great risks to [the U.S.],'' Ware said in May, explaining the agency’s shift in mission, Cyberscoop noted.
Ware is one of several officials who’ve left national security-related posts after the election, which the president has yet to concede.
Reuters also reported Thursday that CISA Director Christopher Krebs has told multiple associates he expects to get the ax.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper was fired and replaced by Christopher Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, earlier this week. And there’s speculation Trump is considering firing CIA Director Gina Haspel, Cyberscoop noted.
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