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Scoop: The lone employee behind CISA's Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative resigned on Friday rather than take a forced reassignment to FEMA. CISA says PRNI will continue, but sources said David Stern's loss will be a major setback for it. My story: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...

In an interview with the SANS Institute in August, Stern said the PRNI had delivered 4,300 warnings — including some to foreign governments about targeted companies in their countries — and saved victims roughly $9 billion in economic damages.

For at least the past several months, Stern has been the only CISA employee staffing the PRNI. One source called him "absolutely critical to national security." Another source said the PRNI was "some of the most impactful work CISA does."

But shortly before the government shutdown began, Stern received one of DHS's Management Directed Reassignments (www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-la...), ordering him to take a FEMA job in Boston. He fought it for months but was eventually told to move or leave. So he quit on Friday.