State Cyber Teams Brace for Impact of US Government Shutdown

Experts Warn Intel Disruptions May Outlast Shutdown Amid Deepening Cyber Cuts Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • October 3, 2025

State and local cybersecurity officials already feel the effects of the federal government shutdown with congressional lawmakers Friday showing no signs of a deal.

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Cybersecurity officials say they're being buffeted by the simultaneous expiration Tuesday night of a largely uncontroversial statute shielding companies from liability when sharing cyberthreat indicators and the abrupt halt of state cybersecurity grant programs, along with a furloughs at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (see: Shutdown Snares Federal Cybersecurity Personnel).

The shutdown and reduced state funding for cybersecurity comes on the heels of a March executive order that shifted much of the federal government's cybersecurity risk management responsibilities onto state and local agencies, a move critics say was never backed ...