Cyber highlights in Biden budget summary include plus-up of $110 million for CISA, added tech modernization funding

President Biden today released a summary of his fiscal 2022 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies, including bolstered funding for DHS’ cybersecurity agency on top of the bump-up in the recent stimulus package, which officials had called a “down payment” on cyber needs.

“The President’s FY 2022 discretionary funding request will reinforce the basic missions of securing our homeland, including preventing terrorism; securing and managing our borders; repairing the broken immigration system; safeguarding critical infrastructure;...