{"id":1702,"date":"2025-07-29T16:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:40:26","slug":"trumps-cybersecurity-cuts-putting-nation-at-risk-warns-new-york-cyber-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/trumps-cybersecurity-cuts-putting-nation-at-risk-warns-new-york-cyber-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s cybersecurity cuts putting nation at risk, warns New York cyber chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the first few months of the new Trump administration, the White House slashed cybersecurity budgets, staff, and initiatives. And some, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/chris-krebs-speaks-cuts-trump-cuts-digital-defense-rcna203427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cybersecurity experts<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/sen-murphy-trump-administration-has-illegally-gutted-funding-for-cybersecurity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">legislators<\/a>, are not happy about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of them is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colinahern.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Colin Ahern<\/a>, the chief cyber officer for the state of New York. In a recent interview with TechCrunch, Ahern said that both he and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are worried that the Trump administration\u2019s cuts to cybersecurity are putting the country at risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe work with the federal government day in and day out. We need and want the federal government to be effective,\u201d Ahern told TechCrunch. \u201cI think it\u2019s no secret that we are concerned about some of the things \u2014 many of the things, in fact \u2014 that we\u2019re seeing with the \u2018Big Ugly Bill,\u2019 with the rescissions that just passed,\u201d said Ahern, referring to Trump\u2019s flagship budget that passed in early July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s cybersecurity cuts have been wide-ranging and far-reaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since taking office, the Trump administration has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/11\/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts\/\">fired over a hundred employees<\/a>\u00a0at CISA, some of whom the government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/18\/cisa-scrambles-to-contact-fired-employees-after-court-rules-layoffs-unlawful\/\">had to call back after a court ruling<\/a>\u00a0reversed the decision. Trump\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/4019109\/trump-seeks-unprecedented-1-23-billion-cut-to-federal-cyber-budget.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cybersecurity spending<\/a>\u00a0across federal agencies by more than $1.2 billion, including cutting CISA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-budget-135m-dhs-2026-house-appropriations\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">budget by<\/a>\u00a0$135 million, all the while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/14\/trump-administration-to-spend-1-billion-on-offensive-hacking-operations\/\">earmarking $1 billion over the next four years<\/a>\u00a0for offensive cyber operations for overseas hacking operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/28\/new-york-state-cyber-chief-calls-out-trump-for-cybersecurity-cuts\/\">Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: TechCrunch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the first few months of the new Trump administration, the White House slashed cybersecurity budgets, staff, and initiatives. 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