A CISA spokesperson said the agency planned to cut annual funding of $10 million that was given to the Center for Internet Security (CIS) for managing the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) — two organizations that provided technical assistance, guidance and more to states on a variety of cyber threats. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed this week that it is cutting funding for cybersecurity intelligence sharing bodies amid a wider campaign of firings and budget cuts impacting the federal cybersecurity landscape. The widespread firings across the U.S. government led by DOGE are even impacting efforts to stop cyber scam compounds in Southeast Asia, with CNN reporting on Tuesday that the dismantling of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is hampering every counter-trafficking project working on freeing those forced into conducting the “pig butchering” scams. CISA said the activities being deprioritized include stakeholder engagement, cyber threat intelligence and cyber incident response, which they explained were duplicative with services offered by CISA directly to state, local, tribal and territorial entities. Anderson told Recorded Future News that most ISACs are global private sector non-profit organizations made up of owners and operators of critical infrastructure within the applicable sector or sub-sector. EI-ISAC coordinates threat information affecting state and local elections as well as voting system manufacturers while the MS-ISAC covers a wider array of threats impacting state-level organizations. “Many state and local election offices rely on EI-ISAC as their only source of federal cybersecurity support, so cutting it puts entire counties at risk,” he said. The funding cuts come as CISA has made several other rumored cuts impacting federal cybersecurity efforts.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:15:06 +0000