{"id":32466,"date":"2018-11-01T19:40:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/01\/how-a-name-change-will-make-this-dhs-office-cyber-focused\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:37:15","slug":"how-a-name-change-will-make-this-dhs-office-cyber-focused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/home\/2018\/11\/01\/how-a-name-change-will-make-this-dhs-office-cyber-focused\/","title":{"rendered":"How a name change will focus this DHS office\u2019s mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Changing the name of the National Protection and Programs Directorate will help the agency become more narrowly focused on cyber and infrastructure security, according to Richard Driggers, deputy assistant secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications at the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPPD was created in 2007 to work with the government and private sector to promote information sharing and the resilience of the nation\u2019s cyber and physical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 2017, a House bill was proposed to change the name of the directorate to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and reorganize the agency\u2019s responsibilities. That legislation passed the Senate with amendments<\/a> Oct. 3, 2018, and currently awaits a resolving of differences between the two versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t