{"id":1600,"date":"2025-01-29T05:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/cisa-under-trump-html\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T05:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:03:14","slug":"cisa-under-trump-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/cisa-under-trump-html\/","title":{"rendered":"CISA Under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>CISA Under Trump<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jen Easterly is out as the Director of CISA. Read her final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/big-interview-jen-easterly-cisa-cybersecurity\/\">interview<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of unfinished business. We have made an impact through our ransomware vulnerability warning pilot and our pre-ransomware notification initiative, and I\u2019m really proud of that, because we work on preventing somebody from having their worst day. But ransomware is still a problem. We have been laser-focused on PRC cyber actors. That will continue to be a huge problem. I\u2019m really proud of where we are, but there\u2019s much, much more work to be done. There are things that I think we can continue driving, that the next administration, I hope, will look at, because, frankly, cybersecurity is a national security issue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Project 2025 is a guide, the agency will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/analysis\/a-little-known-federal-agency-helps-secure-elections-trump-wants-to-gut-it\/\">gutted<\/a> under Trump:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cProject 2025\u2019s recommendations\u2014essentially because this one thing caused anger\u2014is to just strip the agency of all of its support altogether,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd CISA\u2019s functions go so far beyond its role in the information space in a way that would do real harm to election officials and leave them less prepared to tackle future challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the DHS chapter of Project 2025, Cucinelli suggests gutting CISA almost entirely, moving its core responsibilities on critical infrastructure to the Department of Transportation. It\u2019s a suggestion that Adav Noti, the executive director of the nonpartisan voting rights advocacy organization Campaign Legal Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracydocket.com\/analysis\/unmasking-the-anti-democracy-agenda-of-project-2025\/\">previously described<\/a> to Democracy Docket as \u201cabsolutely bonkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s located at Homeland Security because the whole premise of the Department of Homeland Security is that it\u2019s supposed to be the central resource for the protection of the nation,\u201d Noti said. \u201cAnd that the important functions shouldn\u2019t be living out in siloed agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Bruce Schneier<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneier.com\/blog\/archives\/2025\/01\/cisa-under-trump.html\">Go to bruce schneier<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CISA Under Trump Jen Easterly is out as the Director of CISA. Read her final interview: There\u2019s a lot of unfinished business. We have made an impact through our ransomware vulnerability warning pilot and our pre-ransomware notification initiative, and I\u2019m really proud of that, because we work on preventing somebody from having their worst day. 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