Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion proposal for COVID-19 relief includes nearly $10 billion in cybersecurity and IT spending. Biden administration also proposes spending $1 billion for several other cybersecurity initiatives. Biden said earlier the SolarWinds supply chain hack reflected a gap in U.S. cybersecurity capabilities. Some cybersecurity experts are hopeful the Biden proposal is just a down payment on a much larger initiative. Others say the proposal amounts to a ‘Down Payment’ for state and local issues not lumped in relief.”]
Source: https://www.databreachtoday.com/bidens-10-billion-cybersecurity-proposal-enough-a-15787