Despite a tight budget environment for the foreseeable future, cyber security investments will continue to be a priority in the federal government, with total contract value expected to increase from about $9 billion in fiscal 2013 to $11.4 billion in fiscal 2018, according to Deltek, a research and software company serving federal contractors.
“Persistent threats, complex and evolving policy issues, and multiple changing technologies compound ongoing cyber-workforce shortages to drive investments despite constrained federal IT funding,” according to a new report on the federal information security market, available here: http://www.deltek.com/company/mediacenter.aspx
