The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which
President Biden signed into law Nov. 15, includes $1 billion for the creation
of a new cybersecurity grant program to be awarded to state, local, tribal, and
territorial (SLTT) governments over the next four years. GPD is partnering with
the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to establish the
new program. This new grant program reflects the growing threat of ransomware,
denial of service attacks, system intrusion, and other cyberattacks against
public agencies and infrastructure.
The grant program will be administered by FEMA—and structured
similarly to our existing Homeland Security Grant Program—with CISA serving as
a subject matter expert for assessing grant applications.
The legislation provides a formula for the allocation of
funds to states to then distribute, to include local and rural communities.
FEMA and CISA are working with the SLTT community to make sure the program
goals and objectives meet their needs. In the upcoming months, DHS will
issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) which will outline the application
process and identify how eligible entities—states, tribes, and territories—can
apply.
This grant program will provide the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) a vital tool to help its SLTT partners build
cyber resiliency by providing financial support to implement the guidance,
practices, and capacity building that CISA offers, and address identified
vulnerabilities within and across their networks.
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