The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently announced the availability of $279.9 million in State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program grant funding for fiscal year 2024.
The program funds projects that help reduce cyber risk and build resilience against evolving cybersecurity threats by allowing governments to detect, protect against, and respond to cyber threats.
Recipients may use funding for cybersecurity planning and exercising, improving services for residents, hiring cyber personnel, and other cybersecurity improvements and capabilities.
“In the modern threat landscape, every community can – and too often does – face sophisticated cyberattacks on vital systems like hospitals, schools, and electrical grids,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas said. “The Department of Homeland Security’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program empowers key intergovernmental partners with the tools and support necessary to increase resilience and better secure critical infrastructure. Our message to communities everywhere is simple: do not underestimate the reach or ruthlessness of nefarious cyber actors. Through initiatives like the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program we can confront these threats together.”
The application deadline is Dec. 3.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency jointly administer the program that has awarded approximately $1 billion in funding over four years to state, local, and territorial governments.