America's once-ambitious cyber defences are starting to rust, according to the latest annual report from the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), which warns that policy momentum has slowed and even slipped backwards thanks to Trump-era workforce and budget cuts.

The commission's 2025 Annual Report on Implementation finds that only 35 percent of its original 82 recommendations have been fully implemented – down from 48 percent a year ago. Another 34 percent are "nearing implementation", and 17 percent "on track," but this marks the first time in the body's five-year history that the US has actually lost ground on cyber reform.

The watchdog lays much of the blame on workforce cuts and funding shortfalls at critical agencies, particularly at CISA, whose mandate to protect critical infr

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