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Obama Proposes Federal CISO, Huge InfoSec Boost

ID: 8c7ac3bf-2c15-5a30-b1b6-85423485c235

STIX ID: report--8c7ac3bf-2c15-5a30-b1b6-85423485c235

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2016-02-09

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: Paul Roberts

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President Obama's FY2017 budget proposal prioritizes cybersecurity by proposing a $19 billion Cybersecurity National Action Plan (a 35% funding increase over FY2016), creation of a federal Chief Information Security Officer, a $3 billion fund to modernize federal systems, and a commission on enhancing national cybersecurity; the article also references high-profile federal breaches (the OPM breach and an apparent DOJ network compromise) as justification for the measures.

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