White House seeks to increase cybersecurity funding for HHS

Last week, the White House issued an update to President Obama's fiscal year 2016 budget request that seeks additional cybersecurity funding for several agencies, including HHS and the Department of Veterans Affairs. he updated budget request seeks $14 billion to be used across the federal government to bolster cybersecurity efforts. The amount represents an 11%, or $1.4 billion, increase from the funding provided in FY 2015. Under the proposed budget update, HHS' cybersecurity funding would increase by 23% from FY 2015 to $262 million.