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New Government Insights Study Examines Increased Budget Request for IT Security at U.S. Department of Defense
New study reveals IT security budget request consumes 12.2% of total defense IT budget, an increase of 3.4% over the previous fiscal year IT security budget
FALLS CHURCH, Va., January 26, 2009 – Leading independent research and advisory firm, Government Insights, an IDC company, today announced the release of a new perspective, U.S. Department of Defense IT Security Initiatives, FY09: Overview and Analysis (Doc #GI215453), which analyzes the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Department of Defense (DoD) IT security budget and programs. According to the new report, the DoD FY09 information technology (IT) budget request is $33.0 billion, which represents a 3% increase over DoD's enacted FY08 IT budget. More specifically, the IT security component of the FY09 defense IT budget request totals $4.0 billion, which is 12.2% of the total IT budget. This represents a 3.4% increase over the FY08 IT security budget of $3.9 billion. By comparison, the enacted FY08 defense IT budget was $32.1 billion and the enacted FY08 defense IT security budget was $3.9 billion, or 12.1% of the total IT budget.
''If the 3.4% increase in DoD's FY09 IT security budget is approved, it will mean that the IT security budget will have increased as a percentage of the total defense IT budget from 7.6% to 12.2% during the five years from FY05 to FY09, highlighting the critical importance of IT security in the Defense Department,'' said Mark Kagan, research manager with Government Insights.
Furthermore, the Government Insights study forecasts the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the defense IT budget over the FY05–FY09 period to be 1.2% compared with a 10.9% CAGR for the defense IT security budget over the same five-year period. However, even the projected 3% increase in the FY09 defense IT budget will still not return defense IT spending to its FY06 level.
The new perspective examines the overall and programmatic budgetary trends during FY07–FY09 to provide very granular insight into Air Force, Army, Navy, and DoD security priorities and spending. The report also:
- 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.
- 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.
- Provides an estimate and analysis of IT security spending in the intelligence community budget, most of which is embedded spending contained in the defense budget.
To set up a one-on-one briefing with Mark to learn more about this new perspective, please contact Sarah Murray at 781-794-3214 or sarahbethmurray@gmail.com. In addition, the full report is available to qualified members of the media. For more information on obtaining or purchasing either report contact info@government-insights.com
About Government Insights, an IDC Company
Government Insights, an IDC company, provides government organizations and IT vendors who serve them with research-based advisory and consulting services that enable government executives to maximize the value of their technology investments; minimize technology risk through accurate planning; benchmark themselves against industry peers; adopt industry best practices for organizational/technology alignment; make more informed technology decisions; and drive technology-enabled performance and innovation. Government Insights provides full coverage of the government value chain, with special emphasis on developing and employing strategies that leverage IT investments to maximize organizational performance. Staffed by senior analysts with significant experience in government, Government Insights provides a portfolio of research and advisory services that are relevant to the needs of both the government and IT vendor communities. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research and events company. For more information go to www.government-insights.com.
For more information, please contact:
Sarah Murraysarahbethmurray@gmail.com
781-794-3214
Sandra Collins
scollins@idc.com
508-988-6746
