Obama seeks over one-third rise in U.S. cyber security funding

President Barack Obama's budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year seeks $19 billion for cyber security across the U.S. government, a surge of $5 billion over this year, according to senior administration officials. The request comes as the Obama administration has struggled to address the growing risk posed by criminals and nation states in the digital world. Cyber threats are "among the most urgent dangers to America’s economic and national security," Obama said in a Wall Street Journal o