Bipartisan House Bill Would Give States $500M for Cybersecurity
As the nation watches numerous organizations buckle from the attacks of cyber criminals, the U.S. House of Representatives is preparing a cybersecurity funding bill that the Senate may or may not support.
May 12, 2021 •
Shutterstock (TNS) A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is drafting legislation that would provide as much as $500 million in annual grants to states and local governments to boost cybersecurity as financial fraud and ransomware attacks continue to cripple essential citizen services.
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee, said at a hearing last week that she soon planned to introduce the bipartisan legislation to provide the grants.
Congress mulls $500 million in grants to help states upgrade cybersecurity By Gopal Ratnam, CQ-Roll Call
Published: May 11, 2021, 9:30am
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WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is drafting legislation that would provide as much as $500 million in annual grants to states and local governments to boost cybersecurity as financial fraud and ransomware attacks continue to cripple essential citizen services.
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee, said at a hearing last week that she soon planned to introduce the bipartisan legislation to provide the grants.
State and local governments remain the weakest link in the national cybersecurity chain, while private companies and federal agencies have significantly ramped up spending in the past decade on cybersecurity to protect their networks from attacks.
Testimony Highlights Funding Gaps in the War on Ransomware
Ransomware is now a national security threat, and states and municipalities require more resources to fight back effectively. A recent Congressional hearing looks to identify their financial and strategic needs.
May 07, 2021 •
Chris Krebs, former CISA director, answers questions during the virtual hearing Ransomware has risen as a national security threat, with attacks increasingly compromising critical services, experts and public officials say. Federal legislators now are looking to better understand how they can resource their states and local partners to fuel the fight.
“As the ever-increasing number of ransomware attacks on state and local governments demonstrates, adequate investment in cybersecurity has been lacking,” said Yvette Clarke, chair of the U.S. Congress Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation, during a recent virtual hearing.
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New Hampshire Pushes Pause on Creating Supply Chain Authority
New Hampshire lawmakers are waiting to see how the federal government navigates recent hacks before moving ahead with a piece of legislation aimed at tightening security around vendors and the supply chain.
May 04, 2021 • To reduce cybersecurity risks, a New Hampshire lawmaker has proposed
legislation to create an Information Technology Supply Chain Risk Authority to oversee all purchases and acquisitions of software, hardware and telecommunication services used within state agencies.
House Bill 487 is inspired by the 2017 ban of Kaspersky Lab software from being used within the federal government, which came after the