Solarium Commission leaders raise concerns over CISA cuts, refocusing agency mission

Cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s workforce loomed large over an annual event to assess the results of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s work, with concerns over ongoing operations and refocusing the agency’s mission.

“I’m very frustrated with the reductions at CISA,” CSC 2.0 leader Mark Montgomery said at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies event. Montgomery said any new administration would want to change the focus, but a 33 percent cut of the agency’s workforce doesn’t mean...