{"id":32501,"date":"2020-02-21T18:11:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T18:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/21\/which-cyber-priorities-didnt-appear-in-the-pentagons-budget\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:44:25","slug":"which-cyber-priorities-didnt-appear-in-the-pentagons-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2020\/02\/21\/which-cyber-priorities-didnt-appear-in-the-pentagons-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Which cyber priorities didn\u2019t appear in the Pentagon\u2019s budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The head of U.S. Cyber Command told Congress in a Feb. 20 letter that the budget request for fiscal year 2021 did not include $106 million that his organization could still use, mostly as a way to better defend the Pentagon\u2019s networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter sent to Congress and obtained by Fifth Domain, Gen. Paul Nakasone outlined the command\u2019s unfunded priorities list which includes $52.2 million for securing the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This funding, spread between Cyber Command and Joint Force Headquarters-DoDIN<\/a>, a subordinate headquarters responsible for global network defense, would go toward improving the Pentagon\u2019s ability to secure, operate and defend the DoDIN. The money would support improvements in situational understanding, monitoring, analytics, training and inspections to enhance cyber resiliency and readiness, the documents state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DoD cyber defense officials have said the network gets hit with millions of attempted intrusions per day. On the same day the letter was dated, the Defense Information Systems Agency acknowledged more than 200,000 users were part of a breach from summer 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\t