The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the awarding of US$18.2 million in the inaugural Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program. The initiative, part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda, which includes the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aims to bolster the cybersecurity resilience of federally recognized tribal nations.
Administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the grants aim to help tribal nations manage and mitigate systemic cyber risks and threats. With more than 30 grants awarded, this marks the highest number of such awards given to tribal nations in a single DHS grant program. The FEMA-administered program leverages CISA’s capabilities to support grant recipients.
Digital threats impacting American Indian and Alaska Native tribes are increasing and becoming more complex, and tribal sovereignty creates unique cybersecurity challenges for these communities that have been consistently underfunded and under-resourced. This program is another example of a unified approach across DHS.
The Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program will fund efforts to establish…
