CISA sidelined as White House scrambles to address AI cyber threats
CISA is facing significant challenges as it deals with budget cuts and staffing losses while AI-driven cyber threats escalate. The agency has lost about one-third of its workforce since early 2025 and is proposed to face further cuts. This situation is compounded by the emergence of advanced AI models capable of exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities.
- ▪CISA has lost roughly one-third of its workforce since early 2025.
- ▪The agency is facing a proposed $707 million budget cut in Fiscal Year 2027.
- ▪Anthropic released an AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, that can identify and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities.
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| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 17:36:10 +0000 |
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CISA sidelined as White House scrambles to address AI cyber threats Budget cuts and staffing losses have hollowed out America's lead cybersecurity agency just as AI-powered exploits reach unprecedented sophistication. Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team May. 26, 2026 window.sevioads = window.sevioads || []; var sevioads_preferences = []; sevioads_preferences[0] = {}; sevioads_preferences[0].zone = "01f21ccf-2092-46b1-9ac7-8c44cc782e0f"; sevioads_preferences[0].adType = "native"; sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = "c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1"; sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = "1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095"; sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences); The federal agency responsible for defending America’s critical infrastructure from cyberattacks has lost roughly…
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