FY2022 Cybersecurity Grant Program

Fiscal Year 2022 Cybersecurity Grant Program seeks applications for up to $50,000 from federal State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) funding made available by the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES). The purpose of this grant opportunity is to aid New York State’s local jurisdictions in enhancing their ability to identify, protect, detect, respond to and recover from cyber incidents through funding of eligible planning, equipment, training and exercise costs.

All New York State counties as well as units of local government to include cities, towns, and/or villages that are registered members of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) are eligible to apply for the FY2022 Cybersecurity Grant Program. The five objectives of this grant are to: 1) To provide New York State local jurisdictions with the resources and equipment necessary to prevent disruption of the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their information systems; 2) To assess cyber security risks, identify vulnerabilities and determine capability gaps with the focus of allocating resources to address the most critical needs; 3) To ensure that local jurisdictions are equipped with the knowledge and resources necessary for providing cyber security awareness training to their staff in support of good cyber hygiene at the user level; 4) To develop actionable cyber security plans that focus on response and immediate remediation to a cyber incident, and; 5) To encourage the participation in established cyber security support networks and utilization of the vast amount of resources available to local governments.

Applications will be accepted until March 12, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. through the DHSES electronic grants management system (E-Grants).

For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the DHSES website at https://www.dhses.ny.gov/targeted-grants or contact DHSES’s Grants Hotline at (866) 837-9133.