DHS Kicks Off $1B State and Local Cyber Grant Program

The federal government will pay out $185 million in fiscal 2022 as part of a $1 billion state and local cybersecurity grant program included in the bipartisan infrastructure law, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday. Applicants have 60 days to apply for a grant. “Investing in securing our digital infrastructure is a national security necessity, and all levels of government must partner together to better defend against cyberattacks,” said House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., in a joint statement with House Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chair Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., who proposed the grant program with her State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act.