DHS proposes $1.25 billion for cybersecurity spending

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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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