{"id":265,"date":"2025-07-11T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hexagoncenter.org\/spotlight\/?p=265"},"modified":"2025-07-11T16:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:16:19","slug":"cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hexagoncenter.org\/spotlight\/cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding military does not protect the population from cyber attacks."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recently enacted legislation by the Republican-controlled Congress allocates substantial funding for cybersecurity within the military. However, it strategically eliminates funding for CISA, which safeguards and supports non-military organizations in the cybersecurity domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/gop-domestic-policy-bill-includes-hundreds-of-millions-for-military-cyber\/\">GOP domestic policy bill includes hundreds of millions for military cyber<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concurrently, Hexagon Center remains the sole not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting the general public in cybersecurity. We sincerely hope that Congress recognizes that national security does not solely rely on the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the world of cyber, all American lives can be directly targeted, bypassing any advanced military technology we have today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking funding away from CISA is not only reckless and blunt but also dangerous. It threatens the stability of our economy and business organizations. It will hurt our people at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not funding organizations like Hexagon Center is shortsighted and unwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Withdrawing funding from CISA not only demonstrates recklessness and impunity but also poses a significant danger. Such an action could jeopardize the stability of our economy and business entities, resulting in adverse consequences for the general public.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recently enacted legislation by the Republican-controlled Congress allocates substantial funding for cybersecurity within the military. However, it strategically eliminates funding for CISA, which safeguards and supports non-military organizations in the cybersecurity domain. GOP domestic policy bill includes hundreds of millions for military cyber Concurrently, Hexagon Center remains the sole not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,100,7,46,4,113,98,169,203,45,111,89,33,159],"tags":[31,209,77,12,79,8,136,97,172,249,110,40,182,11],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critical-infrastructure","category-current-events","category-cyber-attack","category-cyber-threat","category-cybersecurity","category-government","category-military","category-national-security","category-official-statement","category-ransomware-attacks","category-regulation","category-safety-and-security","category-security-breach","category-security-plan","tag-attackers","tag-attacks","tag-business","tag-cyber-criminals","tag-cyberattacks","tag-cybersecurity","tag-economy","tag-military","tag-national-security","tag-people","tag-public","tag-security","tag-security-measures","tag-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Funding military does not protect the population from cyber attacks. - HX Spotlight Files<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hexagoncenter.org\/spotlight\/cyber-attacks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funding military does not protect the population from cyber attacks. - HX Spotlight Files\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The recently enacted legislation by the Republican-controlled Congress allocates substantial funding for cybersecurity within the military. 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