The White House has requested $38.2 billion in discretionary funds for DHS, including $549 million to support the EINSTEIN intrusion detection and prevention system and for continuous diagnostics and mitigation, initiatives central to the government’s plans to protect federal computer systems and networks.
The Budget also supports the design of a Federal Cyber Campus to co-locate key civil¬ian cybersecurity agencies to promote a whole of government approach to cybersecurity incident response, according to a White House DHS budget summary.
It also provides $124 million to support, ex¬pand, and enhance E-Verify, the government’s employment eligibility verification system. Proposed funding bolsters the system’s fraud prevention and detec¬tion capabilities, provides for additional customer service enhancements, and supports E-Verify’s continued expansion, OMB said, noting that over half a million em¬ployers are currently enrolled in E-Verify and the program continues to grow by approximately 1,500 new employers each week.
