The United States will give a total of $10.9 billion to federal agencies working on cybersecurity, according to its fiscal 2023 budget. But the US Cyber Command did not like the budget allocated from the US Treasury for 2023. Only for cyber army $236 million Made a wish list.
Shared with the US Congress US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) wish listrequested additional budgets to carry out offensive and defensive operations. The army has 6200 personnel Cyber Task Force It requested a total of $236 million, including 168 million, to support it.
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From the 2023 financial budget $10.9 billion to cybersecurity institutions The US, which allocates money, may have to make extra funding for Cyber Command. The US Cyber Command unfunded priority list shared with Congress calls for more budget for offensive and defensive cyber operations.
It did not go unnoticed that only the Cyber Task Force (CMF) wanted $168 million. CMF; Defending DoD networks, supporting military targets, providing data support to combat external attacks, and US infrastructure The defending team consists of 133 separate teams.
Cyber Command’s submission to the US Congress unfunded priority liststates that $168 million will be used to improve operational support for these teams and prioritize cyber training. of the US Congress $773 billion budget for the Pentagon It is expected to evaluate the demand and create an additional budget for the US Cyber Command.
An important request on the US Cyber Command’s list is the “Joint Cyber Warfare Architecture” developed to provide critical capabilities.JCWA)” will be spent. Cyber-military officials are up to the JCWA to ensure operations are aligned with strategic priorities. $56.4 million will separate.
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