Source: CyberScoop
Summary
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has faced significant challenges in its first year under the Trump administration, including budget cuts, layoffs, and furloughs. According to bipartisan lawmakers and cybersecurity industry sources, these challenges have left the agency unprepared to handle a major crisis. CISA’s budget has been reduced, and the agency has lost key personnel. The agency’s ability to respond to cyber threats has been compromised as a result.
Our Reading
The announcement sounds ambitious.
CISA, the agency responsible for protecting the US from cyber threats, is struggling to stay afloat. Budget cuts, layoffs, and furloughs have left the agency understaffed and underprepared. It’s déjà vu all over again, as another government agency is expected to do more with less. The “new” normal is just a rebranding of the same old problems. CISA’s struggles are just another chapter in the ongoing saga of government agencies being asked to do too much with too little. And we’re shocked, shocked, that the agency is unprepared to handle a crisis.
Author: Evan Null
