A recent Computerworld article highlighted the importance of cyber security, as well as the focus of DoD on this critical issue. According to the article, the Pentagon will expand its cyber forces by close to five fold in an effort to address this critical issue. This appears to indicate that despite some uncertainty about DoD spending as we deal with budget issues, cyber will remain a top priority and military spending in area will likely increase given the needs for increasing cyber security.
A link to the article can be found here.