Cybersecurity
Cyber in the 2020 budget
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 represents the opening salvo in budget, offering insight into the White House’s policy priorities. On cybersecurity, the administration is looking to increase the qualified pool of cyber workers in government, with increases in some areas including law enforcement.
The budget includes more than $1 billion for cybersecurity efforts at the Department of Homeland Security, including governmentwide cybersecurity programs like Einstein and Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation. It adds funding for the department’s Cyber Talent Management System that aims to hire 150 new cybersecurity employees by 2020 and resources to increase the number of DHS-led network risk assessments from 473 to 684 and incorporate state and local election systems.
However, the total amount dedicated for cybersecurity at DHS is similar to the $1 billion the administration proposed last year.
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