US set for modest cyber budget increase despite deepening threats
FY2022 funding of $605 million is proposed for US Cyber Command. (Photo: USCYBERCOM)
US cybersecurity is hardly strapped for cash — but officials in the DoD and other federal agencies had reason to hope for much more.
The FY2022 cyberspace budget request from the Biden administration, released on 28 May, showed barely any change from FY2021. Proposed funding for cyber increased by just $600 million to $10.4 billion.
Compared with the FY2021 budget under then-President Trump, the modest change in FY2022 mirrors the DoD budget request, which increased by just 1.4%.
Overall, the Biden administration proposes $5.6 billion for cybersecurity, $4.3 billion for cyber operations, and $500 million for advanced cyber-related R&D activities.
Highlights include $750 million to remediate the damage caused by the SolarWinds hack in 2020 on US federal government computer systems, and $2.3 billion
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