The Department of Homeland Security would receive $1.5 billion for cybersecurity efforts under President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018 released March 16.
The $1.5 billion in funding is aimed at protecting federal government computer networks and national critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, the blueprint said. Using advanced cybersecurity tools and “more assertive defense of Government networks, DHS would share more cybersecurity incident information with other Federal agencies and the private sector, leading to faster responses to cybersecurity attacks directed at Federal networks and critical infrastructure,” it said.
President Barack Obama requested approximately $907 million for DHS cybersecurity projects ...
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