Dwindling federal cyber support for critical infrastructure raises alarms

As the U.S. government prepares to decrease its cybersecurity support for critical infrastructure operators, the organizations that defend those networks are preparing for more vulnerabilities, more hacks and more damage.

President Donald Trump’s quest to reduce the federal role in infrastructure cyber resilience — part of his broader push to shrink the government and slash the services it offers — will exacerbate already alarming cybersecurity weaknesses throughout the nation’s hospitals, ports, railways and other vital systems, according to industry leaders and cyber experts.

Trump’s chaotic government overhaul has already undermined essential partnerships between infrastructure operators and federal agencies, as Cybersecurity Dive reported recently. Now, the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts and its plan to make states more responsible for infrastructure protection threaten to further degrade the country’s readiness to withstand digital threats like China-backed cyberattacks and criminal ransomware sprees.

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