OMB Cyber Branch Chief Pushes for Smarter Cyber Spending

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is pressing federal agencies to better justify cybersecurity spending by tying budget requests to program performance, embracing risk-based investment decisions, and eliminating duplicative security tools. Speaking on July 14 at MeriTalk’s Shift Happens event in Washington, D.C., Nick Polk, branch director for federal cybersecurity at OMB, said the office is evaluating agency cyber budgets against the effectiveness of their security programs, rather than