CISA Layoffs Are a Momentary Disruption, Not a Threat

**Executive Summary:** The piece contends that the recent layoffs at CISA, which affected a small portion of its roughly 3,000 employees, are unlikely to critically degrade U.S. cyber defenses because numerous other agencies (FBI, NSA, DoE, HHS, sector-specific agencies, ISACs, etc.) perform overlapping and essential cybersecurity functions; it catalogs those roles and emphasizes that CISA's unique contribution is remediation support after attacks.