The White House Should Prioritize Cybersecurity in its Budget

The document provides FY2025 budget recommendations to bolster U.S. cybersecurity, urging increased funding and initiatives for critical infrastructure protection, AI-enabled security (including third-party red-teaming of federal AI systems), $1B boosts to SLED cyber grants and FCC Universal Service Fund for schools/libraries, an additional $40M for NIST’s Cybersecurity and Privacy line, support for CISA’s JCDC public–private partnerships, workforce development funding for education, and resources for international cyber diplomacy to promote adoption of NIST CSF 2.0 and the Secure Software Development Framework.