The article outlines significant budget cuts and job eliminations at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), jeopardizing U.S. cybersecurity efforts and diminishing the effectiveness of national defenses. Experts stress these reductions, particularly amid escalating threats like the Volt Typhoon, are creating vulnerabilities as adversaries ramp up their cyberattack capabilities. With around 400 jobs already eliminated and potential cuts impacting over a third of CISA's workforce, the ongoing changes endanger initiatives aimed at protecting critical infrastructure and elections, raising concerns among lawmakers and cybersecurity professionals alike.
"We've had many, many threats against our nation," President Trump said in the Oval Office in November 2018, as he announced the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Now "we're putting people that are the best in the world in charge,..."
There are intrusions happening now that we either will never know about or won't see for years because our adversaries are undoubtedly stepping up their activity, and we have a shrinking, distracted workforce." says Jeff Greene, a cybersecurity expert.
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