CISA Cuts: A Dangerous Gamble in a Dangerous World

This commentary argues that recent layoffs at CISA — including roughly 130 agency employees — threaten the agency's ability to protect critical cyber and physical infrastructure, erode institutional knowledge, and weaken public–private coordination; it highlights CISA's prior contributions (e.g., KEV catalog, Secure by Design, Stop Ransomware) and calls for strategic investment and expansion rather than cuts to preserve national resilience.