CISA employees, I'm a cybersecurity reporter who wants to hear from you

Hi r/fednews!

My name is Eric Geller. I'm a freelance cybersecurity reporter covering the Trump administration's handling of cyber issues. These days, I mostly write for Wired, Recorded Future's The Record, and The Cipher Brief, but I've covered cybersecurity and technology since 2014.

This morning, Wired published a big story I wrote about the state of CISA under Trump. My reporting found that layoffs and policy changes have undermined CISA's domestic and international partnerships and effectively frozen entire mission areas, and that employees are furious at their acting director for trying to please Trump instead of standing up for them. One CISA employee told me, “This administration has declared psychological warfare on this workforce.”

I'm posting here because I'm looking to get in touch with more CISA employees so I can improve and expand my understanding of the agency — its mission, its people, and its challenges. I cover CISA closely because I think Americans deserve to know what's happening at this vitally important agency and how any changes there could affect their lives.

If you work at CISA and want to share what you know, I would love to talk to you. You can reach me on Signal at ericgeller.01.

I promise to keep you anonymous — I take my responsibility to protect my sources very seriously.

Thank you!