Cybersecurity Dive July 30, 2025
JCDC’s troubles add to the woes of the already-depleted CISA, which could lose even more personnel as additional contracts with private companies expire.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s marquee program for collaborating with the private sector to thwart hackers has been seriously hobbled by the abrupt end of a major contract.
The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) lost a large number of support personnel on Monday after CISA’s contract with the technology firm ICF expired on July 25, according to three people familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to discuss internal matters. “JCDC went from 100-plus ICF contractors to 10” after the Department of Homeland Security failed to renew the contract in time, one of the people said.
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