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www.AmericanSecurityToday.com March 2020 - Edition 42 People and Technology Form an Effective One-Two Punch in the Government’s Cybersecurity Battle By Brandon Shopp, VP, Product That’s a sobering statistic, especially Strategy and Security, SolarWinds given the amount of focus organiza- tions have placed on strengthening As you’re reading this, a data their cyberdefenses. breach is most likely occur- The President’s Budget for FY ring somewhere in the United 2019 allocated US$15B for cyberse- curity funding, of which the Depart- States. ment of Defense by itself contrib- On average, there were 20 data uted US$8.5B. breaches reported per day in This funding is in direct response to the first half of 2019. a growing crisis made evident in 18 a