White House mulls waving cash at businesses to get them to beef up cybersecurity

Patch leaky cybersecurity

The White House is thinking about basically bribing businesses to get them to patch leaky cybersecurity.

According to Politico, the US government is pondering, specifically, tax breaks, insurance perks and other legal benefits for businesses that do some serious overhaul of their digital defenses.

Politico recently got its hands on a May 21 presentation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that raised the notion of such incentives.

The incentives aren't yet finalized.

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