Cyber Leaders Exchange 2025: CISA’s Nick Andersen on shaping cyber directorate’s core competencies

Cyber Leaders Exchange 2025: CISA’s Nick Andersen on shaping cyber directorate’s core competencies

The new leader of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cyber Directorate is looking to build on CISA’s past successes, while focusing on the agency’s core responsibilities — despite a smaller staff and budget. Nick Andersen became CISA’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity September 2025. In a wide-ranging interview with Federal News Network, Andersen said his focus is on “the core operational norms of what CISA is s…