New DHS Cybersecurity Grant Program - Seceon Offers Expertise in Developing Your Cyber Plan
                     New DHS Cybersecurity 
Grant  Program –  Seceon 
Offers  Expertise in 
Developing Your  Cyber Plan
As many of you may now know, the Department of  
Homeland  Security is making a significant investment to 
address cybersecurity  risks and threats to information 
systems owned or operated by, or on  behalf of, state, local 
and territorial governments.
Last week, the federal government advanced further, 
announcing the
appropriation of $1 billion pool of grant money for state, local 
and  territorial governments to defend themselves against 
cyber intruders.
Municipalities, state departments of education, state university  
systems and local town-level governments, typically lack the  
necessary resources to fully combat cybercrime and are prime 
targets  for hackers in extortion plots to steal money and exfiltrate 
data. The  new funding, is intended to assist state, local and 
territorial  governments to enact plans and programs tailored to  
their  own  needs.
This $1 billion will be allocated over four years, with $185 million  
reserved for 2022 with more allocated during each of the next three 
 years during what is called the performance period.
Now, here is the key. This program helps the eligible entities 
address  cybersecurity risks and threats for systems owned or 
operated on  behalf of state, local and territorial governments but 
the  apportionment of funds is not completely up to the discretion 
of the  state. Each state must submit a plan for approval by the  
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (most of us know  
them as CISA). Each state who receives an allocation must spend  
80% of it on local and rural communities and 3% more on tribal  
governments.
Eligible entities can submit an application via Grants.gov. CISA and  
FEMA will review each submission, and CISA will approve final  
Cybersecurity  Plans  and  individual  projects.  There  is no  time  
for
 states to waste. Applicants must apply for a grant in the next 60 
days, and may use the  federal  dollars  toward  new  or  existing
cybersecurity programs. Local entities receive sub-awards 
through  their states.
Most importantly CISA has developed a series of overarching 
goals  and objectives for the submitted cybersecurity plan 
based on input  from state, local, and territorial stakeholders, 
and consideration of  national priorities, frameworks, and the 
national cyber threat  environment. The plan must include:
1. Implement cyber governance and planning;
2.Assess and evaluate systems and capabilities;
3.Mitigate prioritized issues; an
4.Build a cybersecurity workforce.
It is not possible to meet these overarching goals without 
defining a  comprehensive and proactive cybersecurity  
approach that limits  volatility, uncertainty, 
complexity and ambiguity, all enemies of a  successful
cybersecurity program.That is why comprehensive  
cybersecurity   for   the   digital   economy   like   Seceon   Op
enThreat  Management is very appropriate towards 
meeting these goals and  objectives, providing 
demonstrable and dramatic improvements while  offering a 
significant culture shift in the prioritization of appropriate  
risk management.
For more information on formulating your plan and providing 
you with  the content you need to submit regarding your 
grant request, please  contact me at 
[email protected]. We will save you time,  expense, 
and complexity, providing you the best  opportunity  to  
secure your funds for the 2022 appropriation and subsequent 
ones in  future years.
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