{"id":42000,"date":"2018-08-31T13:12:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T13:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/31\/german-cabinet-approves-new-cybersecurity-agency\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:55:58","slug":"german-cabinet-approves-new-cybersecurity-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/08\/31\/german-cabinet-approves-new-cybersecurity-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"German Cabinet approves new cybersecurity agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

COLOGNE, Germany \u2013 Germany is one step closer to getting its own version of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, as officials here seek to bolster the country’s cybersecurity posture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel this week approved the new organization, to be headed jointly by the Defense and Interior ministries. The outfit is slated to get a budget of \u20ac200 million ($230 million) between 2019 and 2022. The new \u201cAgency for Innovation in Cybersecurity\u201d will eventually have 100 employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German parliament, the Bundestag, will debate the proposal in the upcoming months. Once the funding is cleared, analysts will begin their work in earnest next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Pentagon’s DARPA served as a model in creating the new organization, the American agency’s funding and personnel commitment dwarfs that of new German effort. But the move is still a major step forward here because it shows a political commitment to cyberspace in the context of defense and security that officials said was previously lacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\t