Keep it, Tweak it, Trash it – What to do with Aging Tech in an Era of Consolidation

Security vendor consolidation is picking up steam with good reason. Everyone wants to improve security efficiency and effectiveness while paying for less.
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White House Budget Plan Seeks to Boost Cybersecurity Spending

President Biden’s new $6.9 trillion budget proposal for 2024 shows that the administration wants to increase cybersecurity spending.
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Biden’s budget seeks increase in cybersecurity spending

President Biden’s budget proposes making technology investments across the federal government and to implement his cyber strategy.

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Multifactor authentication could be long haul for some federal agencies, CISA official says

Eric Goldstein said agencies are focusing hard on adopting MFA, but some are dealing with older IT.

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U.S. Cyber Command gives Congress $236M unfunded priorities wish list

The U.S. Cyber Command unfunded priorities wish list includes $168 million to enhance the Cyber Mission Force, a group conducting offensive and defensive cyber operations.

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Biden budget requests big increase for cybersecurity

DHS would get the biggest slice of the federal cybersecurity budget request at $2.6 billion.

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Major cyber incident reporting requirement, CISA budget hike on precipice of becoming law

The incident reporting legislation, long in the works, also comes with nearly $2.6 billion for the agency for fiscal 2022.

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Biden administration seeks money to bolster Ukraine war-related cybersecurity at home, abroad

The Biden administration is requesting additional funds from Congress to help Ukraine with its digital defenses, strengthen cybersecurity in Europe and enhance U.S. capabilities to respond to the fallout from the Russian invasion. The overall fiscal 2022 supplemental request, sent to Capitol Hill this week, seeks $10 billion in Ukraine-related needs and $22.5 billion in funding related to COVID-19. Among the bigger pots of cybersecurity-focused funding the administration is requesting is $1.25 billion for the Defense Department to assist Ukraine with support on “operational surges across multiple national defense components, including accelerated cyber capabilities, weapons systems upgrades, increased intelligence support, and classified programs.” A $1.75 billion request for the State Department to provide economic aid to Ukraine includes support for “continuity of government” and resilience work, including cybersecurity and efforts to counter disinformation. Other funds sought for Ukraine assistance include Department of Energy money to evaluate cybersecurity needs for connecting Ukraine’s […]

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Biden signs infrastructure bill that provides nearly $2 billion for cybersecurity

Presdent Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday that includes nearly $2 billion for cybersecurity and related provisions. The biggest piece of digital security funding is a Federal Emergency Management Agency cyber grant program, administered in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, that would distribute $1 billion over four years to state and local governments. An additional $21 million would go toward the Office of the National Cyber Director, which has been unable to make key hires since being established earlier this year due to funding shortages. In all, the legislation — known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — is “the largest investment in the resilience of physical and natural systems in American history,” the White House boasted, one that “makes our communities safer and our infrastructure more resilient to the impacts of climate change and cyber-attacks.” […]

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