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Proposed FY ’19 DoD Budget Looks To Improve Cyber Mission Force Capabilities, Network Protection Programs

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

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Faced with growing adversarial cyber threats, Department of Defense officials are looking to improve the capabilities of its Cyber Mission Forces (CMF) and boost several network protection programs with its proposed fiscal year 2019 budget.The Pentagon’s $686 billion budget for the next fiscal year, released Feb. 12, includes appropriating funds to address new cyber threats, defend against malware proliferation, deter DoD network attacks and develop new training opportunities for its CMFs.“The drive to develop new technologies is relentless, expanding to…

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