The federal government's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program helped transform civilian cybersecurity over the past decade, but the environment it was built to protect no longer exists.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming embedded into the operational core of healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, government, and enterprise decision-making. Organizations are deploying large language models, AI assistants, autonomous agents, and agentic workflows at unprecedented speed.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is operating under significant pressure. Workforce reductions, budget constraints, organizational changes, leadership transitions, and limits on contracting are affecting how the agency carries out its mission. At the same time, federal agencies face a more complex cyber threat environment.