The effort to overhaul federal cyber defenses has “momentum” behind it, most notably in helping agencies distill broad cybersecurity objectives into specific technology investments as part of the annual budgeting process, according to White House leaders.
Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha said the White House’s zero trust strategy gives cybersecurity leaders the ability to “disaggregate and do strategy-based budgeting all the way down to a technology investment.” …
While Congress has yet to pass FY-23 appropriations for agencies, DeRusha highlighted the Biden administration’s proposal to increase cybersecurity spending by 10% across government this year.
“I’m just trying to see if we can keep building off that success by being compelling, and showing with data the need for these investments, because that’s what’s been missing from it,” he said. “If you can’t fund these things, you’re not doing much. And so it’s really, really important that you use that data to drive those investments.” … Read the full article here.
