U.S. Department of Defense IT Security Initiatives, FY09: Overview and Analysis

Abstract

This Government Insights Perspective analyzes the fiscal year (FY) 2009 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) information technology (IT) security budget and programs. It examines the overall and programmatic budgetary trends during FY07-FY09 to provide insight into Air Force, Army, Navy, and DoD security priorities and spending. It identifies and provides detailed descriptions of the 52 Air Force, Army, Navy, and Defense Agency IT programs that are specifically coded in the federal IT budget as security programs. It also identifies and provides detailed descriptions of the 106 Air Force, Army, Navy, and Defense Agency IT programs that contain over 30% of the DoD IT security budget, but which is embedded spending not specifically identified in the budget. This Perspective also provides an estimate and analysis of IT security spending in the intelligence community budget, most of which is contained in the defense budget.