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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