{"id":32091,"date":"2021-02-25T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32091"},"modified":"2021-02-25T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T00:01:27","slug":"new-dhs-policies-aim-to-fight-cyber-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32091","title":{"rendered":"New DHS policies aim to fight cyber &#8216;epidemic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary\u00a0Alejandro Mayorkas\u00a0on Thursday announced new funding and initiatives to prioritize the nation\u2019s cybersecurity, particularly in order to confront what he described as an \u201cepidemic\u201d of ransomware attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas announced during a virtual speech that current cybersecurity grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency would be increased by $25 million across the nation and that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was evaluating further cyber grants to help the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) assist state and local governments.<\/p>\n<p>The grants were a reflection of the DHS&#8217;s effort to prioritize cybersecurity funding, with the agency announcing separately Thursday that cybersecurity topped the list of its &#8220;areas for attention&#8221; in the current budget cycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nation\u2019s cybersecurity is only as strong as its weakest link,\u201d Mayorkas said during a keynote address at the President\u2019s Cup Cybersecurity Competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary\u00a0Alejandro Mayorkas\u00a0on Thursday announced&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32092,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32091\/revisions\/32092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}