A.S. agénsi féderal jawab cybersecurity, Badan Kaamanan Siber sareng Infrastruktur (CISA), ayeuna nyanghareupan tangtangan anu parah. Aya perhatian anu nyebar diantara anggota parlemen bipartisan sareng pamimpin industri yén kamampuan agénsi pikeun ngalaksanakeun misi inti na parantos ngirangan sacara signifikan., ninggalkeun éta gering-siap pikeun nanganan krisis cybersecurity utama.
Numutkeun laporan ti situs warta Cyberscoop, diskusi jeung sumber sakuliah Kongrés, industri cyber swasta, sareng saluareun parantos ngungkabkeun konsensus yén CISA parantos parah dipangaruhan ku séri PHK salami taun mimiti administrasi Trump..
Salila periode ieu, CISA kaleungitan sakitar sapertilu stafna, babarengan jeung program kritis, tanaga, jeung kaahlian. Inisiatif anu kapangaruhan kalebet program counter-ransomware agénsi sareng usaha pikeun ngamajukeun pamekaran parangkat lunak anu aman. As reported by TechCrunch last year, several members of its election security team were also among those who left. As the federal agency responsible for election security, warnings have been raised that former President Trump’s persistent promotion of false claims regarding the 2020 election has led the current administration to deprioritize CISA.
Saterasna, to support the previous administration’s broad immigration crackdown, CISA reassigned hundreds of employees to other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, further dispersing its core workforce.
Among Cyberscoop’s sources, the majority blame the Trump administration, Congress, or both. Some individuals also pointed to the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, citing struggles in leadership that have reportedly led to security concerns. CISA geus tanpa diréktur permanén saprak Trump nyandak kantor di 2025.
Compounding isu ieu, salaku shutdown parsial A.S. pamaréntah féderal, anu dimimitian dina bulan Pebruari 14, terus, CISA dikabarkan operasi di ukur ngeunaan 38% tina tingkat staffing normal na. Saatos kritik nyebar ngeunaan pembunuhan dua AS. warga ku agén féderal, lawmakers geus nolak neruskeun waragad agénsi penegak imigrasi féderal.