The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would lose nearly 1,000 full-time employees under the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, a stark downsizing of the government’s frontline civilian cybersecurity force even as digital threats from nation-states and cybercriminals continue to escalate.

According to a detailed budget supplement released Friday evening, CISA’s projected workforce would drop from 3,292 employees to 2,324 for the 2026 fiscal year, which starts at the end of September. The agency’s total funding obligations would also fall by more than $420 million, from $2.38 billion to $1.96 billion.

While the budget boosts funding for infrastructure security efforts within CISA, most other program lines — including cybersecurity operations, stakehol

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