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CISA staff fired in a fresh cuts for Trump's administration - some forcibly
reassigned to ICE

Date:
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:44:00 +0000

Description:
More cuts come as cybersecurity continues to drop in the administrations
priorities.

FULL STORY

The Trump administration continues to decimate public services and
de-prioritise cybersecurity, with latest cuts coming to the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) - where reports claim up to 176
employees have been laid off, with more reassigned to other departments -
including those from CISA. 

During the federal government shutdown, only around 35% of CISA staffers were
cleared to work, but reassignments will affect the department. Early in 2025,
the former NSA cybersecurity director warned that mass federal layoffs,
including 130 from CISA, would have a devastating impact on cybersecurity . 

"RIFs [reductions in force] will be occurring at CISA," a DHS spokesperson
told The Register . "During the last administration CISA was focused on
censorship, branding and electioneering. This is part of getting CISA back on
mission."

Compulsory reassignments 

This isnt the first workforce reduction in a key government department by 
far, with Elon Musks infamous Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
targeting key software divisions as well as losing other senior officials to
resignations. 

Recent reporting from Bloomberg confirmed that a number of cybersecurity
employees had been forcibly reassigned to move manpower to the Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) teams. Those who refuse are threatened with
dismissal. 

This means less focus on threats against US infrastructure, despite a record
number of attacks, including high profile and damaging intrusions by foreign
threat actors - instead, transferring priority to Trumps crackdown on
immigration. 

These reassignments have allegedly been particularly impactful in the CISA
Capacity Building team, which is in charge of writing directives and overseas
cybersecurity for the governments high value assets. 

This specifically affects senior staffers, who have reportedly been given 
just a week to either accept or resign, and are forbidden from joining unions
due to working on national security issues, insiders have said. 

 Via The Register 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/cisa-staff-fired-in-a-fresh-cuts-for-tr
umps-administration-some-forcibly-reassigned-to-ice

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