As the government shutdown grinds on, the Trump administration is reportedly using layoffs and reassignments to reduce the size of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Experts told Cybersecurity Dive that the terminations and mandatory relocations — the most recent phase of the White House’s reduction of CISA — could further weaken the already diminished cyber-defense agency.
According to a court filing, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has laid off 176 federal employees since the government shut down on Oct. 1. A DHS spokesperson said that the majority of those layoffs were CISA employees due to the agency’s previous focus on election misinformation.
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