Working on an in-depth study of the US spending on cyber ops & cybersecurity infrastructure with Brita Achberger (with main focus on DoD RDT&E spending). Going through the DoD docs from 2008 until 2020, we found 75 relevant budget items across services.
Verifying and analyzing this data has been a lot harder than we initially expected (items moving, lack of clear item descriptions, cross-item analysis, classification etc.) Some preliminary graphs.
President Budget Request for 'Cyber Activities'
The figure above captures a generally known trend of cap. build up. The requested budget more than quadrupled from 2.3$ billion in 2012 to 9.6$ billion in 2020. It is expected to further grow in the coming years. Actual budget spending is not far off from req. budgt
Presidential Budget Request IT/CA Classified vs. Non-Classified
Presidential Budget Actuals 'Cyber' RDT&E Budget Items
'Cyber' RDT&E Budget Items by Budget Activity Codes
Science and Technology 'Cyber' RDT&E Budget Items
Management and Support 'Cyber' RDT&E Budget Items
Application of Existing Scientific and Technical Knowledge 'Cyber' RDT&E Budget Items
Inspired by analysis from @Jason_Healey -lawfareblog.com/cyber-budget-s…
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