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Trump wants to slash $707M from CISA's budget
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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's budget will see yet another deep cut if Congress approves President Trump's proposal to slash CISA's spending by $707 million in fiscal year 2027.
Key facts
- Trump's fiscal 2026 budget wanted to chop about $491 million from CISA's spending, although Congress ultimately approved a reduction of about $135 million [PDF]
- In March 2025, CISA cut $10 million in funding — nearly half the total budget — for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), which provides free and low-cost threat
- The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's budget will see yet another deep cut if Congress approves President Trump's proposal to slash CISA's spending by $707 million in fiscal year
- This same language was used in the president's 2026 spending plan for CISA – and in messaging favored by now-ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
Summary
America's lead cyber-defense agency already lost millions in funding and about a third of its workforce ( close to 1,000 people ) during the first year of Trump's second term. Trump's fiscal 2026 budget wanted to chop about $491 million from CISA's spending, although Congress ultimately approved a reduction of about $135 million . CISA, according to Trump's Friday proposal, is "more focused on censorship than on protecting the Nation's critical systems, and put them at risk due to poor management and inefficiency, as well as a focus on self-promotion. This same language was used in the president's 2026 spending plan for CISA – and in messaging favored by now-ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.