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Mayorkas Says Budget Proposal Will Bolster Cyber Capabilities Of DHS Components

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021

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Mayorkas Says Budget Proposal Will Bolster Cyber Capabilities Of DHS Components

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Photo: DHS

In addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the forthcoming fiscal year 2022 budget request will boost the cybersecurity capabilities of additional Department of Homeland Security components including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Secret Service, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Coast Guard, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Wednesday. The Biden administration in early April released topline numbers for the FY ’22 federal budget request but included few details, which will…

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