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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   
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