Spending bill includes large funding increase to boost cybersecurity

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Source: The Hill

The government funding bill sent to President Biden includes a surge in funding to the agency that oversees the nation's cybersecurity infrastructure and includes language that requires companies in critical sectors to alert the government of potential hacks.

The omnibus spending bill has a total $2.6 billion budget for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a $568 million increase above last year's funding level that surpasses the amount requested by the president.

The funding arrives as the U.S. braces for possible Russian cyberattacks following the West's forceful condemnation of its invasion in Ukraine and punishing economic sanctions.

Included in the budget is an extra $119.5 million increase for threat hunting and a $64.1 million increase for vulnerability management.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/spending-bill-includes-large-funding-increase-to-boost-cybersecurity/ar-AAUWVBG

[msongs]

1. how many putin republicans voted no nt

[BumRushDaShow]

2. 180 in the House

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202268

And 31 in the Senate - https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00078.htm

[SheltieLover]

3. They have no shame!

Ty for the #s!

[BumRushDaShow]

5. They always must do "the opposite" of what Democrats do

even if it is something that was their own policy position. This Russia thing is driving them looney.

[SheltieLover]

6. Like oppositionally defiant kids.

[SheltieLover]

7. I think so, too!

Could be wrong though. Info overload.

[PatrickforB]

8. Part of this money should be used to defend us against EMPs. Many

in Congress do not understand our risk from this.

By the way, and EMP, in case you were wondering, is an electromagnetic pulse which essentially disables all computing devices - cars, homes - anything with a computer chip in it - goes down. Forever.

An EMP is created when a nuclear device is exploded in the atmosphere. According to wiki, EMP weapons are designed to deliver the damaging effects of a high-energy EMP that will disrupt unprotected infrastructure in the country, thus the employment of an EMP weapon against a country is the scenario of war most likely to collapse the functionality of the electrical network of the country.

Such a thing would take us down unless we are able to harden our chips against EMPs. Not that I know much about how that might be done, but I do know we need to figure it out.

[Deep State Witch]

9. About Time

After TFG decimated it.