{"id":269,"date":"2026-06-16T16:10:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:10:38","slug":"white-house-cyber-office-hire-triggers-leadership-changes-inside-infrastructure-security-agency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"White House cyber office hire triggers leadership changes inside infrastructure security agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Steve Casapulla, an infrastructure security executive in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is being detailed as the assistant national cyber director for policy in the White House\u2019s cyber office, prompting a slew of leadership shifts inside CISA, sources tell <em>Nextgov\/FCW<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=268\">Anti-fraud overhaul clears House despite Democratic concerns over privacy and IG independence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With Casapulla pivoting to the Office of the National Cyber Director, Scott Breor \u2014 an associate director for the agency\u2019s security programs \u2014 will take up his post leading the Infrastructure Security Division, according to one current U.S. official, one former U.S. official and a third person familiar with the matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sean Haglund, an associate director in CISA\u2019s Office of Bombing Prevention, will serve as ISD\u2019s acting deputy director, added the sources, who requested anonymity to communicate their knowledge of the new positions.<\/p>\n<p>Chip Abernathy, who has served in the agency\u2019s Office of the Chief of Staff, is moving to the National Risk Management Center to serve as an acting assistant director, while leadership for CISA\u2019s Strategy, Policy and Plans office will be announced in the coming days, the people familiar also said.<\/p>\n<p>Casapulla\u2019s pivot comes shortly after Thomas Lind left his post heading policy at ONCD. The move was first reported by Politico. Alexandra Seymour also recently left her role as a deputy policy official in ONCD, <em>Nextgov\/FCW<\/em> first reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=267\">Senate rejects Cyber Force push as debate over cyber structure continues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A CISA spokesperson said the agency &#8220;does not comment on ongoing personnel matters.\u201d\u00a0ONCD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Significant morale decline at ONCD \u2014 attributed in part to misgivings from government and industry over the office\u2019s handling of cyber-AI issues under director Sean Cairncross \u2014 has plagued the White House office, with some staff weighing departures, multiple people have described to <em>Nextgov\/FCW<\/em> in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>CISA, meanwhile, is working to hire a few hundred staff in the coming months, acting Director Nick Andersen said this week. CISA has lost a significant share of its workforce over the past year as the Trump administration has moved to reduce the size of and restructure the agency through a mix of layoffs, buyouts, early retirements and program cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Andersen told a largely private sector audience on Tuesday that CISA is poised for renewed growth and \u201csignificant investments,\u201d citing Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin\u2019s recent testimony that the agency needs to hire about 600 more employees. CISA has already begun work on an initial plan to fill 329 \u201cmission-critical\u201d roles, with about 180 tentative job offers expected by the end of June, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/marketrelocationreport.com\/?p=266\">NTEU sues IRS over destruction of employees\u2019 pro-union decorations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior CISA official\u2019s move sets off a series of internal assignments as the agency prepares to expand hiring after a year of workforce reductions and restructuring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>White House cyber office hire triggers leadership changes inside infrastructure security agency - 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