During the first few months of the new Trump administration, the White House slashed cybersecurity budgets, staff, and initiatives. And some, including cybersecurity experts and legislators, are not happy about it. Trump’s cybersecurity cuts have been wide-ranging and far-reaching. Since taking office, the Trump administration has fired over a hundred employees at CISA, some of whom the government had to call back after a court ruling reversed the decision. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut cybersecurity spending across federal agencies by more than $1.2 billion, including cutting CISA’s budget by $135 million, all the while earmarking $1 billion over the next four years for offensive cyber operations for overseas hacking operations. Is this like taking the United States two steps back ?
