Lately, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been buried under troubling headlines. Steep workforce reductions. $700 million 2027 budget cut. Leadership uncertainty. Impacts from the months-long partial government shutdown. Canceled 2026 CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program. But, to borrow and twist a phrase from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “I come to praise CISA, not […]

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What happened A new federal budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions of dollars more from CISA, sharply reducing funding for the agency’s cybersecurity and critical infrastructure work. The fiscal 2027 proposal would reduce CISA’s total by $707 million, according to the budget summary, though another budget document points to a smaller but still significant […]

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The FBI, CISA, and NSA reportedly are investigating the hack by an unnamed "sophisticated" actor of a FBI surveillance system that holds sensitive information. The breach carries the hallmarks of Chinese nation-state groups and comes amid concerns about attacks in the wake of the war against Iran and the shrinking of the federal cybersecurity apparatus.

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Just last week I wrote that CISA was on life support. That was before we knew how bad it really was. When Jen Easterly stepped down and the agency was left without a Senate-confirmed director, it was already troubling. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — the nerve center for defending federal networks and coordinating..

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The latest shutdown may be temporary, but the damage at CISA is not. Staffing cuts, stalled leadership and political crossfire have hollowed out what was once a bright spot in federal cybersecurity. When institutions built on trust and coordination lose people and mission clarity, the risks extend far beyond Washington.

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