President Trump's
new budget includes a request to increase cybersecurity
personnel and funding across several federal departments,
including $1.5 billion for the Department of Homeland
Security's (DHS) National Protection and
Programs Directorate (NPPD). The NPPD is a DHS unit
responsible for protecting US infrastructure from cyber threats.
The DHS is responsible for protecting critical infrastructure and
federal networks from cyber intrusions.
The budget document, released by the Office of Management and
Budget earlier this morning, states: "The Budget
supports the President's focus on cybersecurity to ensure
strong programs and technology to defend the Federal networks that
serve the American people, and continues efforts to share
information, standards, and best practices with critical
infrastructure and American businesses to keep them secure[.]"
The budget document also proposes to increase law enforcement
and cyber personnel at DHS, the FBI and Department of
