From: FedScoop
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The spending would cover cybersecurity work with the private sector companies that own and operate the nation’s vital industries, like banking, telecommunications and power — as well as funding for two key governmentwide programs that strengthen the security of federal civilian .gov networks:
- $279 million for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. CDM provides cybersecurity hardware, software, and services to departments and agencies from a centralized fund. The request would more than double CDM’s budget, up from about $102 million last year.
- $397.2 million for the National Cybersecurity Protection System, called Einstein 3A, a system of sensors that monitors .gov internet traffic looking for signatures of known malware variants. That’s down from $458.31 million last year.
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