NATO Cyber Cooperation Included in House Defense Policy Bill

The US should build cybersecurity capacity and increase cooperation with NATO partners “in the face of Russian aggression,” according to a House Armed Services Committee draft of a fiscal 2023 Defense Department policy bill.

The US has spent more than $184 million on cybersecurity contracts in European NATO countries since fiscal 2017, according to Bloomberg Government data.

So far in fiscal 2022, the federal government has reported nearly $55 million in obligations—more than in any of the previous five fiscal years, even though the DOD maintains a 90-day reporting delay and the fiscal year doesn’t end for three and a ...