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2022 Budget Proposal Seeks $750 Million for 'Lessons Learned' From SolarWinds Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • May 29, 2021 President Joe Biden (Source: Wikipedia)The White House officially released its 2022 federal budget proposal on Friday, and the Biden administration is seeking to spend billions on cybersecurity next year, including $750 million for "lessons learned" from the SolarWinds attack.
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Overall, President Joe Biden's first budget proposal as president contains $9.8 billion in cybersecurity funding "to secure federal civilian networks, protect the nation’s infrastructure, and support efforts to share information, standards and best practices with critical infrastructure partners and American businesses," according to the official document published by the Office of Management and Budget.
The Biden budget does not take into account an additional $10.4 billion that the U.S. Department of Defense wants to spend next year on cybersecurity, as well as research and development, according to an unclassified document also released on Friday.
With its emphasis on cybersecurity, national security, infrastructure spending and IT modernization, the White House is looking to spe ..
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