{"id":217274,"date":"2026-02-25T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/across-party-lines-and-industry-the-verdict-is-the-same-cisa-is-in-trouble\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:02:00","slug":"across-party-lines-and-industry-the-verdict-is-the-same-cisa-is-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/across-party-lines-and-industry-the-verdict-is-the-same-cisa-is-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-personnel-cuts-trump-second-term-analysis\/\">Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-personnel-cuts-trump-second-term-analysis\/\">https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-personnel-cuts-trump-second-term-analysis\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-25 06:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"cyberscoop.com\">cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecimated.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmateur hour.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty much fallen apart.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to find something positive to say right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a little more than one year into the second Trump administration, and there\u2019s a large consensus, if not total unanimity, among those who have worked with and for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: It has suffered significantly during that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CISA has lost roughly a third of its personnel and shuttered entire divisions. Observers across the political spectrum told CyberScoop for this story that even on its core missions, like coordinating with industry and protecting federal networks, the agency is significantly diminished.<\/p>\n<p>Many sources that spoke with CyberScoop did so under the condition of anonymity, in order to be more candid or avoid retribution. They told CyberScoop that CISA\u2019s biggest problems, and their consequences, include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump\u2019s ire over the 2020 election results has led to the agency being deprioritized within the administration. Congress has yet to approve the administration\u2019s permanent pick to lead the agency, Sean Plankey, and lawmakers have failed to do other things to strengthen it.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>CISA\u2019s capabilities have been significantly diminished by the loss of personnel, expertise and programs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>In the absence of a permanent leader, Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala has struggled to lead the agency. \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody would argue he\u2019s doing a great job,\u201d one industry source said.<\/li>\n<li>Organizations that previously turned to CISA for help now seek alternatives, like industry alliances, outside consultants or government-to-government partnerships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Where to assign blame varied from source to source. Most criticized both the administration and Congress, though some faulted one more than the other.<\/p>\n<p>Some see bright sports in CISA under the current administration. And while many are\u00a0 pessimistic about the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-personnel-cuts-trump-second-term-analysis\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-personnel-cuts-trump-second-term-analysis\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-217274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}