The White House has allocated a total of $3.1 billion for cybersecurity infrastructure in its latest budget report.
The document, released Thursday, shows that $145 million of this figure will be used to make the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) “more resilient and defensible.” I’m here.
Of the remaining funding, $98 million will be invested in implementing the Critical Infrastructure Cyber Incident Reporting Act of 2021, and $425 million will be invested in improving CISA’s internal cybersecurity and analytics capabilities.
“To protect against foreign adversaries and to protect the federal system on which the American people depend, the Budget will strengthen cybersecurity by ensuring that all agencies are strengthening the security of public services. ,” the document reads.
According to Ilona Cohen, chief policy officer at security platform HackerOne, the funding will create a more skilled and diverse cybersecurity workforce, support the transition from legacy systems to modern Essential for driving adoption of Zero Trust architectures.
“I believe legislators can accomplish all of the above and encourage adoption of best practices around vulnerability disclosure,” added Cohen. Trusting is essential to identifying the most critical vulnerabilities within your digital infrastructure and establishing more resilient systems.”
But Richard Bird, CSO of API security firm Traceable AI, said while he welcomes new cybersecurity investments, the focus on outdated thinking is disappointing.
“Faster reporting of incidents is not security improvement. Having an alarm system go off two days after a robbery is not security improvement,” Bird explains. “The time has come for the U.S. government to get serious about enacting real cyber protections for our citizens and consumers instead of taking this half-measures and half-steps approach.”
The budget announcement comes days after the Biden-Harris administration unveiled its National Cybersecurity Strategy.
