Ex-CISA chief decries cuts as Trump demands loyalty above all else

At RSA Conference, former CISA Director Jen Easterly warned that personnel and budget cuts and politicization under the Trump administration are undermining CISA, arguing that cybersecurity should be nonpartisan and defending the agency’s limited, mission-aligned election security efforts. She cautioned that weakening America’s cyber-defense capacity heightens national risk amid escalating global cyber threats and alleged Chinese intrusions into critical infrastructure.