Top U.S. cyber officials face different paths after Senate confirmation

In addition, the government’s budget expects CISA’s other spending to fall by $535 million, or 20%. On the other hand, the budget of the Cyber ​​Director should drop by 10%, while the personnel level will remain at 85 full-time equivalent employees.

In addition to their own budget cuts, both officials must deal with the impact of reduced cyber functions across the federal government (from the NSA to the FBI). The FBI has recently been forced to transfer resources from cybersecurity to dealing with immigration and border control issues.

“This administration has decided to revoke cybersecurity and do it in a way that is particularly harmful to the workforce,” Michael Daniel, president and CEO of the Cyber ​​Threat Alliance, told the CSO. “This is reflected throughout the administration. Many other agencies are also facing a reduction.”