http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/03/what-will-5-billion-military-cyber-spending-pay/79978/
By Patrick Tucker
Defenseone.com
March 5, 2014
The Pentagon's wants $5.1 billion for cyber operations next year, an
increase of about $4 million over this year's budget, but exactly what the
military wants to buy with that money is unclear.
"There's no set of program elements that led to this number. Maybe there
needs to be, but right now there isn't," said outgoing comptroller Bob
Hale, rolling out the Obama administration’s fiscal 2015 spending request
at the Pentagon on Tuesday.
Budgeting for more cybersecurity makes sense to defense planners who argue
the threat continues to grow. But how to spend that money is still very
much up for debate at the Pentagon.
"The question isn't the funding side, but figuring out the proper roles
and responsibilities, especially in how the line is better set between
DOD, the rest of government and private responsibilities," said Peter
Singer, director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence
at the Brookings Institution. Though that’s not a new worry, either.
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