Cyber R&D Would Go Up at Defense, Down at Standards Agency
The White House’s fiscal year 2019 budget request would increase cybersecurity funding by about 4 percent across the government, but with more dramatic changes in the details. The proposed budget includes increases of about 4 percent for cyber funding at the Department of Defense, 23 percent at the Department of Energy, 33 percent for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and 16 percent for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
However, the National Institute of Standards and Technology – currently revising the standards that federal agencies are now required to follow – would see a cut of 18 percent. The Department of Homeland Security’s overall cyber funding would remain about the same, redistributed somewhat, with 7 percent more for its cyber and infrastructure protection wing and 15 percent less for the Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation program.
