U.S. Infrastructure Bill on Cybersecurity - What does it mean if passed?

[AndreaMoore]

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill tomorrow, September 30, 2021. The funds include $1.9B which will go toward securing critical U.S. infrastructure systems (i.e. energy, water, transportation) against cyber attacks. What do you think about this investment in the fight against cybersecurity? Is this a step in the right direction? What do you think of the list of cybersecurity initiatives that will receive funding if this bill is passed? 

The (ISC)² Advocacy Team pulled together a comprehensive list of cybersecurity initiatives that will receive funding if the bill is passed. Read more: https://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/2021/09/infrastructure-bill-cybersecurity.html

[denbesten]

Sounds like "critical infrastructure" should be doing what those of us in "normal business" have been doing for years.  

That said, the security portion is only 0.2% of the entire investment request, so "security" has very little impact on how I feel about this particular bill.