Pentagon Proposes $7B Budget to Boost Cyber Operations

Homeland Security Today: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Tuesday unveiled the Pentagon’s budget proposal for fiscal 2017, which included $7 billion for cyber operations.

Speaking at the Economic Club of Washington, DC, Carter said the nearly $583 billion defense budget to be released next week as part of the administration’s fiscal year 2017 budget request will include a significant investment in cyber, with nearly $35 billion devoted to cybersecurity over the next five years.

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