Despite federal budget cuts, cybersecurity spending will be going up at the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security if Congress approves their fiscal year 2015 budget requests. Cybersecurity will get a $400 million boost at DoD, rising to $5.1 billion from the $4.7 billion requested in FY14. In its request, the department refers to cybersecurity funding as “cyberspace operations.” It includes funding for defensive and offensive operations at Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) and elsewhere, information assurance of DoD’s networks and research…
