Key facts
- LoSapio is chief information security officer at Palantir Technologies, the White House said in its nomination.
- LoSapio would take over from acting CISA Director Nick Andersen.
- CISA has been without a Senate-confirmed leader for almost 22 months, the report said.
- CISA staffing has fallen by about a third since Trump took power in 2025, the report said.
- The nomination follows three large-scale breaches disclosed in the past three months at DHS, the FBI and the Pentagon, the report said.
- LoSapio did not immediately respond to requests for comment, the report said.
The White House said on November 9, 2026 that it nominated Michael LoSapio to be director of the US Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Reuters reported.
LoSapio is chief information security officer at Palantir Technologies. He would take over from acting CISA Director Nick Andersen. LoSapio did not immediately respond to requests for comment, the report said.
The agency has been without a Senate-confirmed leader for almost 22 months, even as AI-driven cyber threats increasingly strain defenders in and out of government, according to the report. CISA, which is responsible for defending civilian networks from hackers and spies, has seen its staffing fall by about a third since Trump took power in 2025, the report said.
The nomination comes after three large-scale breaches at DHS, the FBI and the Pentagon were disclosed in the past three months, the report said.