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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a bit of a multitool. In addition to its public-facing threat intelligence reports, CISA offers organizations a wide range of other services, such as physical and cybersecurity assessments, trainings, tabletop exercises, threat briefings, incident response, and much more.

Al Schmidt, secretary of the commonwealth for Pennsylvania, said in an election security roundtable last week that he was worried about these services being compromised in CISA cuts because the state, and its counties, have relied on the agency’s support for their elections. Moreover, some of what CISA offers cannot be replicated at the state or county level.

CISA, like many federal agencies, has seen substantial downsizing in recent months as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures. It is unknown exactly how many jobs have been lost to date; the agency’s personnel count was approximately 3,200, according to its FY 2025 budget overview.