Cybersecurity Dive August 8, 2025
Two senior officials defended the agency’s progress amid concerns about the effects of mass layoffs and budget cuts.
LAS VEGAS — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has continued its work to protect federal networks and support critical infrastructure providers despite massive job cuts and resource constraints, two senior CISA officials said during the Black Hat cybersecurity conference here Thursday.
“We are not retreating, we’re advancing in a new direction,” CISA CIO Robert Costello said during a panel discussion.
Chris Butera, the acting head of CISA’s Cybersecurity Division, added that while the agency “did lose people” to the Trump administration’s downsizing program — roughly a third of its employees — CISA still has “a very talented workforce.” He cited the...
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