CISA’s biggest challenges in 2026

The beleaguered Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency faces a big test in 2026, with pressure mounting on the agency to clarify its approach to a wide range of security challenges.

As it reels from workforce cuts, lost resources and weakened partnerships, CISA will need to revitalize its support for critical infrastructure operators, craft an incident-reporting mandate that walks a tightrope of competing interests and develop a strategy to confront the Chinese government’s increasing aggression in cyberspace. The agency will also need to fix a morale crisis that threatens to further erode its operational readiness, as well as decide how much it intends to help state and local governments secure the upcoming midterm elections.

That many priorities would strain even a healthy agency, and since President Donald Trump took office a year ago, CISA has been anything but healthy.

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