Steady leadership prepares TSA to face evolving cyber threats

This opinion piece argues that continuity in TSA leadership under Administrator David Pekoske has strengthened U.S. transportation cybersecurity since the Colonial Pipeline attack, shifting TSA from prescriptive security directives toward outcome-focused, performance-based regulations. It highlights TSA’s increased collaboration with industry, a notice of proposed rulemaking aligned with NIST and CISA standards, the agency’s resource shortfalls (including staffing needs), and urges stakeholders to engage during the public comment period to help harmonize requirements and improve critical infrastructure resilience.