Dismantling Defenses: Trump 2.0 Cyber Year in Review

This report alleges sweeping 2025 Trump administration policy shifts affecting free speech, anti-corruption enforcement, immigration, cryptocurrency oversight, and federal cybersecurity, including dismissals, budget and workforce cuts at CISA/NSA/ODNI, FBI realignments, DHS restrictions on MS-ISAC/EI-ISAC grants, rollback of FCC and transparency mechanisms, and curbs on media and FOIA. It highlights degradation of public–private cyber coordination, termination of advisory bodies (e.g., CSRB), and a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort led by Elon Musk that aggregated sensitive federal datasets with weakened controls and suspected data exfiltration. The article argues these moves undermine national cyber resilience, oversight, and critical infrastructure protection.