Shutdowns always hamper government operations, but personnel cuts further exacerbate cyber risks, experts say.

Critics said the decision creates broad uncertainty among other stakeholders who work to protect elections.

The statement is a rebuttal to stories suggesting otherwise.

Democrats voted against a bill they once supported, citing President Trump’s actions on cyber personnel.

The 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act provides vital legal protections for cyber threat sharing initiatives, they say.

Troy Edgar told lawmakers that the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was investigating the Salt Typhoon hack, was “going in the wrong direction.”

The moves happened Thursday and Friday last week, per a source.

A series of moves from the president raises questions about what’s next for the federal government’s many cyber grant and aid initiatives.

Not everyone opposed the move, however, even as the board reviews the major Salt Typhoon telecom breach.

She said at her confirmation hearing that CISA needs to be “smaller, more nimble” and it has gone “far off-mission.”