President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget would cut the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency total by $707 million, according to a summary released Friday, which would cut the agency’s already big strides in Trump’s first year.
Another budget document suggests that the smaller — but still substantial — number reached $361 million, and the difference may be due to comparative factors during the budget instability of CISA’s parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security. DHS and CISA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“At the time the Budget was being prepared, the 2026 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security was not enacted, and the funds provided by the final appropriations act were in effect under the (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, Division A of Public Law 119-37, as amended by section H of Public Law 119-75)” 2026 in the texts and tables for programs and activities that are usually offered for the purpose of annual fees all reflect the annual level provided by the final progressive decision.”
By any measure, the proposed budget would significantly cut the agency that started the Trump administration by about $3 billion, and would be even less if Congress enacts the latest plan. The budget amendment says CISA would end up with more than $2 billion under Trump’s plan. For the 2026 budget, shareholders sought to reduce some of the CISA cuts proposed by Trump.
The 2027 budget summary uses similar language from the 2026 budget summary, and refers to the final programs that CISA has not closed.
“The budget focuses CISA on its core mission – protecting the Federal network and strengthening the security and stability of critical infrastructure – while eliminating weapons and waste,” the summary states in the 2026 and 2027 documents.
It talks about getting rid of things that have been cut, such as “offices of foreign affairs such as council management, stakeholder negotiations, and international affairs.” It talks about ending censorship-focused programs, something CISA under the Biden administration said it never had, and about “so-called” propaganda, which CISA said ended under the former president.
Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, criticized the CISA budget proposal.
Like the President’s cyber plan, the President’s CISA budget shows his lack of understanding of the urgency of the cyber threats we face and how to mobilize the government to help confront them,” he said in a statement to CyberScoop. “As of 2023, CISA was spending two billion dollars to address information processing, an effort that was initiated by a congressional Republican order during the Trump Administration’s first.
“There is absolutely no justification for the reckless reduction of $700 million in CISA, especially at a time of escalating tensions with Iran and an increasingly belligerent China,” he continued. “I am committed to working with my colleagues to push back against these deficits and ensure that we can protect the state and its critical infrastructure network.”
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