The Trump administration wants to cut the cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million

The Trump administration plans to cut the budget of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) by $707 million for 2027.

The budget cuts (pdf) was released late last week as part of an omnibus budget proposal that includes privatization of aviation security.

The Trump administration says the cuts to the US’s top cybersecurity agency will focus on its “core mission” of protecting civilian networks and protecting dangerous weapons from cyberattacks, not “weapons and trash,” as he said.

The petition also said that CISA is “focused on surveillance,” possibly referring to the agency’s efforts to combat disinformation in the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost.

Budget cuts would also eliminate duplicative programs, such as school safety programs, that already exist at the state and federal level, the document reads.

Since his second term in office in 2025, President Trump and his administration have repeatedly and repeatedly made false claims that CISA conducted investigations, and attacked the president’s opponents, including. CISA’s first director Chris KrebsTrump’s nominees.

The Trump administration last year made it similar false claims about the CISA election security program while it wants to reduce the agency’s budget by about $500 million, or about 17% of its federal budget. Lawmakers pushed back on last year’s cuts, reducing the projected spending to about $135 million after negotiations.

The budget proposal, if approved, would bring the CISA budget about $2 billion. Lawmakers and security experts have warned that CISA is already in place in a dangerous formafter a year of layoffs, layoffs, and layoffs, losing hundreds of employees.

CISA is he had no permanent leader of the Senate since Trump took office again in 2025.

The US government has experienced several hacks in the past year, including it is suspected that Russia is in violation of US CourtsChina’s threat targeting government departments, and Iran hackers who leaked FBI director Kash Patel’s personal email address.