State of California - CASCADE III
Abstract
California plays a key role in the national security posture of the United States. National security sector and military personnel stationed within the state contribute more than $160 billion dollars and almost 800,000 full-time employment positions to the California economy, making national security one of the largest economic drivers in the state. The state is home to more than 6,000 defense manufacturers and approximately 30,000 defense suppliers of all sizes that cross-cut economic sectors to power California’s economy and provide key resources to the American warfighter. But continuing uncertainty in the defense manufacturing sector since 2011 – initially driven by the Budget Control Act of 2011 – has placed California’s defense manufacturers in the position of having to choose to leave the defense sector and focus instead on commercial manufacturing in order to provide some revenue stability and predictability which would allow longer-term planning and investment in capital equipment purchases and workforce development. Further contributing to this threat is the peril of foreign espionage. Thus, cybersecurity has now emerged as a critical and needed capability in the defense manufacturing sector. Those without a robust cybersecurity posture risk losing revenue, future business, or their competitive advantage to third-party players and hostile foreign governments. These dual threats of fiscal uncertainty and foreign espionage can disproportionally effect California’s defense firms. Under this grant, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, seeks to bolster California’s defense supply chain cybersecurity resilience through business assistance programs and to support the growth and sustainment of its cybersecurity workforce through cybersecurity-related education curricula, training and apprenticeship programs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 26, 2022
- Source ID
- HQ00052210001
Entities
People
- Eileen Sanchez
Organizations
- Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
- Office of the Secretary of Defense