http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/dhs-proposes-125-billion-cybersecurity-spending/2014-03-04
By David Perera
FierceGovernmentIT
March 4, 2014
The proposed Homeland Security Department cybersecurity budget for the
coming federal fiscal year amounts to $1.25 billion, show budget documents
released today.
DHS over the course of the Obama administration has assumed an
increasingly central role in securing federal networks and in urging
private sector companies considered to be "critical infrastructure" into
better cybersecurity practices.
Under the cybersecurity executive President Obama signed in 2013 (EO
13636), DHS now also has the task of encouraging critical infrastructure
firms into adopting the framework of controls released by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology in February.
An overview of the DHS fiscal 2015 budget proposal shows DHS planning to
spend $8.5 million on a voluntary adoption program.
Other notable elements of the DHS cybersecurity proposal include:
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